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Here’s the spending Trump and the GOP could cut — and Democrats couldn’t stop

By Joseph Lawler
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Here’s the spending Trump and the GOP could cut — and Democrats couldn’t stop

President Trump and congressional Republicans could target up to about $117 billion in spending on nondefense government programs this year, leaving Democrats unable to do anything about it.

That figure represents the difference between the Trump administration’s request for domestic nondefense spending and the levels reflected in the omnibus spending bill Congress passed on a bipartisan basis last month.

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