The Washington Post reports that the Democrats have rejected a proposal that would provide some protection for some illegals in exchange for a series of pro-American immigration reforms.
Democratic leader Sen. Chuck Schumer will meet President Donald Trump today to talk about a 2018 budget deal, and he will have to repeat or revoke the Democrats’ unpopular threats to block the 2018 budget if Republicans reject his unpopular amnesty for 3 million ‘dreamers.’
In prepared remarks before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday — focused on President Trump’s proposed 2018 budget and, specifically, funding the State Department — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said America’s security is his agency’s priority.
President Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 budget cuts funding for many federal programs but also adds at least one that will offer state-sponsored paid leave for new mothers and fathers at a projected cost to the federal government of $19 billion over 10 years.
A Nixon-era affirmative action program may come to an end.
Paul Krugman says it involves “two scoops of voodoo.”
Calling President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2018 a “new foundation for American greatness,” Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke told reporters on a Tuesday conference call that the loss of revenue suffered under the Obama administration could pay for the “entire backlog” of maintenance for national parks, with about $3 billion to spare.
Tuesday’s Department of Justice budget proposal asks Congress for $1.8 million to “meet litigation, acquisition, and appraisal demands during the construction along the border between Mexico and the United States.”
Mainstream economists think we’re doomed to low growth forever. Trump aims to prove them wrong.
“Build the Wall,” chanted Trump 100 Days rally-goers in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania this weekend, but on Monday questions persisted about the lack of border wall funding in Congress’s new spending bill, leaving it unclear when exactly a wall along the U.S. southern border will be built.
President Donald Trump’s much-anticipated 2018 budget proposal would eliminate discretionary spending on a wide range of arts and public radio and television programs, including the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
