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McCain: It’s ‘clear’ Trump’s budget can’t pass Senate

By Jacqueline Klimas
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McCain: It’s ‘clear’ Trump’s budget can’t pass Senate

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Thursday that President Trump’s budget request will not pass the Senate and urged lawmakers to work together to find a bipartisan way to rebuild the military.

Trump’s “skinny” budget blueprint for fiscal 2018 boosts national security spending by $54 billion and offsets that with $54 billion in cuts to nondefense, a proposal that has no chance in the Senate where Democratic support is needed to reach the 60-vote threshold.

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