McConnell opposes deep State Department budget cuts

Published February 28, 2017 8:57pm ET



Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said a budget that drastically cuts State Department funding cannot pass the Senate and is something he would personally oppose.

Asked Tuesday whether a budget that slashed State’s funding by a third, as some media reports say President Trump wants to do, McConnell said such a plan would “probably not” pass muster in Congress.

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