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- Oct 2017
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www.npr.org www.npr.org
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"If you don't fund the State Department fully, then I need to buy more ammunition, ultimately."
- I believe the plan will take much negotiating in order to be passed, because it is already being opposed by members of even the republican party. The plan is not going to be beneficial to the US overall.
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Alongside Defense, the agencies for which the White House proposes spending increases are almost entirely military- and national security-related. The Department of Homeland Security would see a hike in funding of 6.8 percent, as would the Department of Veterans Affairs (5.9 percent) and the National Nuclear Security Administration (11.3 percent). "The president ran [his campaign] saying he would spend less money overseas and more money back home," Mulvaney said Wednesday. "When you go to implement that policy, you go to things like foreign aid, and those get reduced."
- All of the increases will be going to military expenses as well as national security, and the Homeland SEcurity would see funding of 6.8%, due to all the cuts being made to foreign aid.
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Trump wants lawmakers to boost military spending in the coming fiscal year by 10 percent, or $54 billion. Rather than raise taxes or increase the deficit, the president is calling for equivalent cuts in other areas. Foreign aid would be especially hard hit, with the State Department's budget cut by about 28 percent. Alongside Defense, the agencies for which the White House proposes spending increases are almost entirely military- and national security-related. The Department of Homeland Security would see a hike in funding of 6.8 percent, as would the Department of Veterans Affairs (5.9 percent) and the National Nuclear Security Administration (11.3 percent).
- The cuts include areas like foreign aid, and the majority of spending would be in military and national security aid. Trump has derailed his focus from the real causes and issues active in the U.S.
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- Sep 2017
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www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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Ellen Zentner, chief United States economist at Morgan Stanley, said that although Hurricane Harvey’s impact on national gross domestic product in the third quarter might be fairly neutral, “the lagged effects of rebuilding homes and replacing motor vehicles can lost longer,”
Seems like the idea of rebuilding and the gaining of money from itself is thought of too often.
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Abbott also called a special session in July that addressed a host of issues, like ballot fraud, abortion restrictions, and election rules.
It seems like Abbott is prioritizing wrong.
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The fund needs two-thirds approval from the Texas Legislature to pass disaster relief, but they’re not in session now and aren’t due to meet again until January 2019, unless Abbott reconvenes a special session.
What are going to be the actions taken by Abbott until then?
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