Sen. Chris Murphy’s plan would double foreign affairs funding to oppose Trump

Published April 10, 2017 7:42pm ET



Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Ct., on Monday unveiled what he called a “21st century Marshall Plan” to dramatically increase funding for U.S. diplomacy and counter plans by the Trump administration to slash funding for the State Department and other foreign aid.

The proposal would roughly double the federal foreign affairs budget with a $131 billion increase over five years. Murphy, who spoke at the Council on Foreign Relations, said the increase would set a marker against the Trump administration, which recently unveiled its own plans for a 30 percent State Department budget cut that would be used to beef up the military.

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