Collins knocks Trump’s budget proposal: ‘Several shortcomings’

Published April 3, 2026 11:08pm ET



Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) criticized President Donald Trump’s newly released budget proposal on Friday evening, signaling his agenda faces an uphill battle in the upper chamber. 

“While there are some improvements over last year’s domestic discretionary budget request,” Collins wrote in a statement to X, “the request has several shortcomings.” 

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