Trump to Attempt to Cut Back on $1.3 Trillion Spending Deal
- List of proposed cuts not yet final, Budget Office says
- End run around Democrats could poison well for legislation
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With the federal budget deficit expanding and congressional elections seven months away, the Trump administration plans to ask Congress for cuts in domestic programs that were part of a bipartisan $1.3 trillion spending bill that President Donald Trump signed last month.
The White House doesn’t want to touch extra funding for the military, border security and combating the opioids crisis in a package of proposed cuts it will send to Congress in the coming weeks, according to an administration official, who asked for anonymity to outline the plan.