Trump’s Request to Cancel Spending Has Shot at Passing Congress
- President wants to cut $15.4 billion in prior-year funds
- Cancellation wouldn’t affect $1.3 trillion fiscal 2018 budget
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President Donald Trump’s request to Congress to cancel $15.4 billion in unspent government funds has a strong chance of clearing Congress because it doesn’t touch this year’s bipartisan spending bill.
White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said House Republicans reacted positively to the request when he presented it Tuesday morning behind closed doors. Mulvaney told lawmakers that the White House will send a separate request later in the year to cancel some funds from the $1.3 trillion 2018 omnibus spending bill, an idea that has met resistance from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.