White House Races to Rewrite Budget as Lawmakers Boost Spending
- Budget deal in Congress forces quick rewrite of blueprint
- Congress has treated presidential budgets as priority lists
U.S. Budget Frees Up Government to Spend Trillions
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President Donald Trump’s next budget is being rewritten at the last minute to make sure it’s not entirely out-of-date even before it hits a single desk in Congress.
The changes are being made in response to a two-year budget deal passed by lawmakers early Friday that boosts spending caps by $300 billion, providing $90 billion in emergency disaster aid, and a raft of tax benefits and incentives for the energy industry. The Trump budget, due Monday, had been drafted assuming much lower levels of spending.