Senate Dems: Trump’s budget is DOA in Congress

Published February 28, 2017 4:22am ET



Senate Democrats are pronouncing President Trump’s budget blueprint dead on arrival, arguing that its $54 million increase in defense spending with corresponding cuts to domestic programs in the same amount would never pass muster with their colleagues when it comes time to pass spending bills in Congress.

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