BUDGET/FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The United Nations said on Wednesday that the Trump administration’s proposed budget cuts would ‘simply make it impossible’ for the global organization to maintain essential operations. The statement, by a United Nations spokesman, added to the growing criticism of a budget submission for the 2018 fiscal year that would reduce funding […]
Category: Budget
5/24/2017
BUDGET/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “When Republicans in the House of Representatives voted narrowly to repeal and replace Obamacare earlier this month, they weren’t entirely sure of the bill’s impact on the deficit or on the millions of Americans who gained coverage through the health reform law. Three weeks later, they’re about to find out. The Congressional Budget Office, […]
5/23/2017
BUDGET/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICK MULVANEY: “Finally some good news for President Trump: His new budget stands absolutely no chance of being enacted by Congress. Moving forward with the cuts outlined in the $4.1 trillion spending plan created by the budget director, Mick Mulvaney, formerly one of the most determined fiscal hawks in Congress, would no […]
5/23/2017
BUDGET/ECONOMY/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s claim that his budget will erase the deficit in 10 years relies on an accounting gimmick. His economic advisers have insisted for months that his proposal to slash tax rates can be revenue neutral, meaning the tax code will collect as much money as it does today after cutting […]
5/23/2017
BORDER/BUDGET/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump’s 2018 budget calls for more spending for border security and immigration enforcement — but the ask is still modest compared to what fulfilling his campaign pledges would likely cost. The budget proposed by the White House on Tuesday includes $2.6 billion for border security — $1.6 billion of which […]
5/22/2017
BUDGET/ETHICS/LOBBYING: “The Office of Government Ethics has rejected a White House attempt to block the agency’s compilation of federal ethics rules waivers granted to officials hired into the Trump administration from corporations and lobbying firms. The White House action, a letter to OGE Director Walter M. Shaub Jr. from Office of Management and Budget Director […]
5/22/2017
BUDGET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The NYPD expects to shell out $42.5 million by the end of June protecting President Trump, his namesake tower and his family, officials said Monday [5-22-17]. Trump’s one-day trip back to the city earlier this month, his first since taking office, cost the city $1.2 million, deputy commissioner Vincent Grippo told the […]
5/22/2017
BUDGET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is billing its budget as a plan to ‘reform the welfare system’ and replace ‘dependency with dignity of work,’ while saving $274 billion over 10 years, according to a four-page memo obtained by POLITICO. The White House budget, to be released Tuesday [5-23-17], will suggest taking an ax to […]
5/22/2017
BUDGET/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump’s budget that is expected to be unveiled on Tuesday [5-23-17] will include $800 billion in cuts to Medicaid — a move that underscores the President’s resolve to significantly downsize the federal program even as Republican lawmakers are clashing over the issue in Congress. The $800 billion reduction, confirmed to CNN […]
5/19/2017
BUDGET/EPA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s fiscal 2018 budget proposal would cut the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Science and Technology nearly in half, while paring by 40 percent funding for E.P.A. employees who oversee and put in place environmental regulations, according to a White House document that was shared with The New York Times. And […]
5/18/2017
BUDGET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s budget proposal next week will include a new benefit for America’s working parents, one Democrats have long championed and Republicans have long opposed: paid family leave. The president’s first detailed budget request on Tuesday [5-16-17] will seek funds for the creation of a program to grant mothers and fathers six […]
5/18/2017
BUDGET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump next week will propose the U.S. can balance the federal budget over 10 years with substantial cuts to safety-net programs such as food stamps and other anti-poverty efforts, combined with a tax and regulatory overhaul that speeds up the nation’s economic growth rate, a senior White House budget official […]
5/18/2017
BUDGET/POLITICS/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICK MULVANEY: “To advance a tax overhaul this year, congressional Republicans first must clear a tricky hurdle: They need to agree on a budget. In many years, budget resolutions are superfluous or impossible because the House and Senate are controlled by different parties. In fact, in eight of the past 15 years, Congress didn’t […]
5/15/2017
BUDGET/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “Senate negotiators, meeting stiff resistance to the House’s plans to sharply reduce the scope and reach of Medicaid, are discussing a compromise that would maintain the program’s expansion under the Affordable Care Act but subject that larger version of Medicaid to new spending limits. With 62 senators, including 20 Republicans, coming from states […]
5/15/2017
ABORTION/BUDGET/FOREIGN POLICY: “The Trump administration said on Monday [5-15-17] it would ban funding to foreign groups that fight AIDS and malaria in a vast expansion of the so-called global gag rule that withholds American aid from health organizations worldwide that provide or even discuss abortion in family planning. The new policy potentially will disrupt hundreds […]
5/8/2017
AFRICAN AMERICANS/BUDGET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When President Trump signed a $1.1 trillion spending bill on Friday [5-5-17], he zeroed in on a tiny sliver of it, suggesting that he might disregard $20 million in funding for loan subsidies and other aid to historically black universities. Two nights later, after a storm of criticism, the White House […]
5/8/2017
BUDGET/TRUMP PEOPLE/REINCE PRIEBUS: “White House chief of staff Reince Priebus defended a draft proposal to slash funds for the White House office responsible for fighting the opioid epidemic on Sunday [5-7-17], saying a lot of what the office does duplicates other government programs. Cautioning that ‘nothing is final in this debate and discussion in regard […]
5/7/17
BUDGET/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Pentagon has endorsed a plan to invest nearly $8 billion to bulk up the U.S. presence in the Asia-Pacific region over the next five years by upgrading military infrastructure, conducting additional exercises and deploying more forces and ships. The effort is seen by backers as one way to signal more strongly […]
5/5/2017
BUDGET/TRUMP MEMORANDA: “Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) In accordance with section 6(b) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (the “Act”), I hereby designate for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism all funding (including […]
5/5/2017
BUDGET/CRIME/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When he was running for office, Donald J. Trump promised to rid America of the scourge of drugs, vowing to crack down on dealers and invest heavily in programs to get heroin and other opioids off the streets. But on Friday [5-5-17], President Trump’s administration revealed plans to gut the 2018 budget […]
5/5/2017
BUDGET/SECRET SERVICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s working out of his New Jersey golf club to avoid causing a disruption in New York and to save taxpayers. ‘Rather than causing a big disruption in N.Y.C., I will be working out of my home in Bedminster, N.J. this weekend. Also saves country […]
5/3/2017
BUDGET/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House voted overwhelmingly Wednesday [5-3-17] to approve a $1.1 trillion government funding bill that keep agencies operating through the end of September. The vote was 309 to 118. The Senate is expected to clear it Thursday and send to President Donald Trump for his anticipated signature before Friday’s deadline when the […]
5/3/2017
BUDGET/TREASURY/TRUMP PEOPLE/STEVEN MNUCHIN: “A key advisory committee at the Treasury Department has advised that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s idea to create 50-year and 100-year U.S. bonds is unlikely to be successful. The Treasury’s Borrowing Advisory Committee, composed of representatives from some of the largest financial institutions that participate heavily in the bond market, told the […]
5/3/2017
BORDER/BUDGET/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICK MULVANEY: “White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said Tuesday [5-2-17] the White House plans to use monies in a border security spending increase to initiate construction of the border wall at the core of President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. Mulvaney said the Trump administration will use several hundred million dollars of a $1.5 […]
5/2/2017
BUDGET/POLITICS: “Congress looks set to enact a bipartisan spending bill to avert an imminent government shutdown. But President Trump is suggesting he’d actually welcome a shutdown the next time around. In a Tuesday [5-2-17] morning tweet, Trump seemed to lament the $1-trillion funding package he signed off on over the weekend — one that largely […]
5/1/2017
BUDGET/OBAMA FAMILY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Hours after CNN reported on an internal document advising administration employees that former first lady Michelle Obama’s signature education initiative would not be maintained, the White House said the program had not changed. ‘There have been no changes to the program,’ said State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert, referring to the “Let […]
5/1/2017
BUDGET/SECRET SERVICE/TRUMP FAMILY: “Congress would allocate more than $120 million to help cover the escalating costs of protecting the first family and Trump Tower under a bipartisan spending agreement that appears poised to pass this week. About half of the money, nearly $60 million, is earmarked for the Secret Service, with most of the funds […]
4/30/2017
BUDGET/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional leaders reached a bipartisan agreement on Sunday [4-30-17] to fund the government through September, effectively ending any suspense about the possibility of a government shutdown next weekend. The agreement, which still must be voted on by lawmakers, includes increased funding for the military and for border security. But it does not […]
4/28/2017
BUDGET/CABINET/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE/REX TILLERSON: “Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is proposing to eliminate 2,300 jobs as part of a plan to cut more than a quarter of the State Department’s budget for the next fiscal year, officials said Friday [4-28-17]. The plan will almost certainly meet resistance from lawmakers opposing President Donald Trump’s proposal to shrink […]
4/28/2017
BUDGET/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congress gave itself one more week to agree on a spending bill to fund the U.S. government through September, leading into President Donald Trump’s 100th day in office Saturday [4-29-17] by keeping the lights on. The 382-30 House vote Friday was followed quickly by unanimous Senate passage of the stopgap spending bill […]
4/27/2017
BUDGET/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats used to support border security — now they want illegals to pour through our borders.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 27, 2017 09:39am […]
4/27/2017
BUDGET/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As families prepare for summer vacations in our National Parks – Democrats threaten to close them and shut down the government. Terrible!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 27, 2017 09:39am […]
4/27/2017
BUDGET/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats jeopardizing the safety of our troops to bail out their donors from insurance companies. It is time to put #AmericaFirst??” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 27, 2017 09:38am […]
4/27/2017
BUDGET/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I promise to rebuild our military and secure our border. Democrats want to shut down the government. Politics!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 27, 2017 09:37am […]
4/27/2017
BUDGET/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I want to help our miners while the Democrats are blocking their healthcare.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 27, 2017 09:37am […]
4/27/2017
BUDGET/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “What’s more important? Rebuilding our military – or bailing out insurance companies? Ask the Democrats.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 27, 2017 09:37am […]
4/27/2017
BUDGET/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrats want to shut government if we don’t bail out Puerto Rico and give billions to their insurance companies for OCare failure. NO!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 27, 2017 06:30am […]
4/26/2017
BUDGET/POLITICS: “House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday [4-26-17] evening that the funding bill under negotiation still has ’70 poison pills’ that the Democratic Party can’t live with. Pelosi, on CNN’s ‘The Lead with Jake Tapper,’ said that despite the remaining differences, the two parties had made substantial progress and she does not foresee a […]
4/24/2017
BORDER/BUDGET/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Fights over money to pay for a border wall — as well as Obamacare subsidies and an infusion of resources for the military — are threatening to trip up congressional talks over a funding bill to head off a government shutdown Friday [4-28-17]. Bipartisan negotiators have spent weeks methodically working through hundreds […]
4/23/2017
BUDGET/POLITICS/WALL: “The Democrats don’t want money from budget going to border wall despite the fact that it will stop drugs and very bad MS 13 gang members.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 23, 2017 10:42am […]
4/21/2017
BUDGET/DEFENSE/MILITARY/TRUMP PEOPLE/JAMES MATTIS: “Defense Secretary James Mattis has privately told Congress the Trump administration’s Pentagon budget request isn’t sufficient to cover the cost of rebuilding the military as President Donald Trump has vowed to do, four sources familiar with the conversations told CNN. Trump has repeatedly said he would rebuild the military with a massive […]
4/20/2017
BUDGET/FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The data tells us that in a single generation, funding from the United States and other donor nations has helped turn the tide against infectious diseases like polio and HIV/AIDS, while driving a child survival revolution that has saved 122 million children’s lives. The world has cut extreme poverty in half […]
4/18/2017
BORDER/BUDGET/DHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Democrats in the Senate are raising concerns about the potential cost of President Donald Trump’s border wall — releasing documents Tuesday [4-18-17] from the Department of Homeland Security that explain what the administration is planning. The first $1 billion of wall money requested by the administration would cover 48 miles of new […]
04/16/2017
BUDGET/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s revived enthusiasm for tackling health-care legislation before tax policy has highlighted the complicated interplay between Republicans’ health-care overhaul and their planned tax bill. Mr. Trump signaled last week that one of the reasons he has reprioritized health care is that he was relying on savings from the health bill […]
04/11/2017
BUDGET/CABINET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/MIKE MULVANEY: “The Trump administration on Wednesday [4-12-17] will lift the hiring freeze that it had imposed on the federal work force, even as it directs agencies to submit plans for personnel cuts and other restructuring moves to fit the budget blueprint released by President Trump last month. The new guidance, to […]
04/10/2017
BUDGET/EDUCATION/HEALTHCARE/POLITICS: “Maryland lawmakers are putting the finishing touches on a legislative session that has been full of measures aimed at countering President Donald Trump and the GOP-led Congress. The Democrat-led legislature, which adjourns at midnight Monday [4-10-17], has passed legislation aimed at protecting health care from cuts in Washington. It also has empowered the attorney […]
03/31/2017
BUDGET/HILLARY: “Hillary Clinton again waded into politics Friday [3-31-17], months after losing the 2016 election, by slamming President Donald Trump’s proposed budget blueprint at Georgetown University. ‘(It) should alarm us all,’ Clinton said of the document which proposed deep domestic spending cuts and increased military spending. The former secretary of state, who has recently begun […]
03/31/2017
BUDGET/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Reducing the deficit in external payments is a key objective of the Trump administration. The shortfall means that U.S. residents are consuming more products and services produced abroad than foreign consumers do in the U.S. If this could be reversed, Donald Trump’s advisers reason, it would mean that more of the […]
3/27/2017
BUDGET/IMMIGRATION/SANCTUARY CITIES: “New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and dozens of legislators from around the country are dismissing the Trump administration’s threat to cut millions of dollars in federal funding from sanctuary cities as an illegal maneuver to bully cities into enforcing immigration law, even as Attorney General Jeff Sessions aired that threat Monday […]
3/27/2017
BUDGET/SECRET SERVICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Saturday [3-25-17] marked President Trump’s 13th visit to one of his golf courses since taking office 67 days ago, the eighth weekend in a row (out of 10 total) he’s done so. It’s unknown how many rounds he’s played in that time period — the White House is not saying, insisting […]
3/30/2017
BUDGET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/STEVE BANNON: “Donald Trump’s budget proposal was a statement of intent. And his actions this week were a down payment. The warning to Americans from the government is clear: your national defense will be well-funded and your security will be a priority, but for benefits beyond the most basic services, don’t count […]
3/29/2017
BUDGET/CABINET/EDUCATION/TRUMP PEOPLE/BETSY DEVOS: “Betsy DeVos, in her first extended policy address as education secretary, argued on Wednesday [3-29-17] for an expansion of school choice programs, pointing to lagging test scores and a program championed by the Obama administration that funneled billions into low-performing schools but failed to produce better academic outcomes. Speaking at the Brookings […]
3/22/2017
BUDGET/POLITICS/SUPPORTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Gov. Matt Bevin of Kentucky was unrestrained in his praise for President Trump: Opening for him at a rally on Monday [3-20-17], Mr. Bevin, a conservative Republican, echoed Mr. Trump’s ‘America First’ slogan and only gently noted the nagging divisions in their party. ‘We now have a president and a Congress that […]
3/22/2017
LABOR/TRUMP PEOPLE/ANDREW PUZDER: “President Donald Trump’s former labor secretary nominee, Andy Puzder, is stepping down as CEO of CKE Restaurants, the parent company of the Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. fast food chains. CKE announced in a press release Tuesday [3-22-17] that Jason Marker, former president of Kentucky Fried Chicken U.S., has been selected as the […]
3/22/2017
BUDGET/SECRET SERVICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY: “The U.S. Secret Service requested $60 million in additional funding for the next year, offering the most precise estimate yet of the escalating costs for travel and protection resulting from the unusually complicated lifestyle of the Trump family, according to internal agency documents reviewed by The Washington Post. Nearly half […]
3/20/2017
BUDGET/STATE/TRUMP MEMORANDA: “Delegation of Authority Under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby order as follows: I hereby delegate to the Secretary […]
3/16/2017
BUDGET/MILITARY/TRUMP MEMORANDA: “Dear Mr. Speaker: I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed appropriations request for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017. The request includes an additional $30 billion for the Department of Defense (DOD) to rebuild the U.S. Armed Forces and accelerate the campaign to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and an […]
3/16/2017
BUDGET/NIH/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In a budget blueprint that promises to ‘make America great again,’ the Trump administration has proposed to cut $5.8 billion from the National Institutes of Health’s budget for fiscal year 2018, reducing its total spending to $25.9 billion. That would represent a roughly 20% decrease from its 2017 spending on biomedical research, […]
3/16/2017
BUDGET: “A budget that puts #AmericaFirst must make safety its no. 1 priority—without safety there can be no prosperity: https://t.co/9lxx1iQo7m” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 16, 2017 10:52am […]
3/14/2017
BUDGET/EPA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Cuts at the Environmental Protection Agency could be more significant than originally thought, meaning deeper cuts than the up to 25% of the agency’s budget that’s already been reported, according to a source close to the EPA. Discussions are ongoing regarding these cuts, which are expected to include grants to states aimed […]
3/13/2017
BUDGET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Congressional Budget Office on Monday estimated that as many as 24 million more people could be uninsured and the federal budget deficit would shrink by more than $300 billion over the next decade under the Republican healthcare bill. The findings came in a much-anticipated report detailing the possible effects of the […]
3/09/2017
BUDGET/CABINET/HUD/TRUMP PEOPLE/BEN CARSON: “Housing Secretary Ben Carson sought Thursday [3-9-17] to reassure his agency that budget cuts may not be as steep as some fear, even as housing advocates and others brace for deep reductions to public housing and anti-poverty programs. The cuts said to be under consideration, more than $6 billion, would target community […]
3/08/2017
BUDGET/EPA/TRUMP PEOPLE/SCOTT PRUITT: “President Donald Trump pushed his White House team on Wednesday [3-8-17] to craft a plan for $1 trillion in infrastructure spending that would pressure states to streamline local permitting, favor renovation of existing roads and highways over new construction and prioritize projects that can quickly begin construction. Mr. Trump said he would […]
3/08/2017
BUDGET/CABINET/TRUMP PEOPLE/MIKE MULVANEY: “Donald Trump said during his presidential campaign not to touch Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid, but Trump’s new budget director says he’s working on getting the president to ‘look at’ entitlement reform. ‘There are ways that we can not only allow the president to keep his promise but to help him keep […]
3/07/2017
BUDGET/DHS/FEMA/IMMIGRATION: “The Trump administration wants to gut the Coast Guard and make deep cuts in airport and rail security to help pay for its crackdown on illegal immigration, according to internal budget documents reviewed by POLITICO — a move that lawmakers and security experts say defies logic if the White House is serious about defending […]
2/28/2017
BUDGET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Like many presidents before him, President Trump is pushing a bold budget proposal. But for a business executive used to getting his way, he is likely to find, as his predecessors did, that final budgets often bear little resemblance to the originals after being run through the shredder on Capitol Hill… Taking […]
2/27/2017
BUDGET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “More than 120 retired generals signed a letter Monday pushing back on the White House’s proposal to make major cuts to diplomacy and development. Retired Gen. David Petraeus, a former CIA director, and retired Gen. James Stavridis, the former NATO supreme allied commander, are among the former three- and four-star generals who […]
2/27/2017
BUDGET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s first budget proposal will look to increase defense and security spending by $54 billion and cut roughly the same amount from non-defense programs, the White House said Monday. ‘This budget will be a public safety and national security budget,’ Trump said at a bipartisan gathering of US governors at […]
2/26/2017
BUDGET/ENTITLEMENTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is taking the first major step toward putting together a federal budget proposal, asking federal agencies to draft plans to hike military spending and cut back other domestic programs—while making no changes to major entitlement programs, including Social Security and Medicare. One senior administration official said the plan would […]
2/26/2017
BUDGET/CABINET/TRUMP PEOPLE/STEVEN MNUCHIN: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s first budget proposal will spare big social welfare programs such as Social Security and Medicare from any cuts, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in an interview broadcast on Sunday. Mnuchin said Trump would also use a major policy speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night […]
2/26/2017
BUDGET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump will instruct federal agencies on Monday [2-27-17] to assemble a budget for the coming fiscal year that includes sharp increases in Defense Department spending and drastic enough cuts to domestic agencies that he can keep his promise to leave Social Security and Medicare alone, according to four senior administration officials. […]
2/16/2017
BUDGET/CABINET/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICK MULVANEY: “A divided Senate confirmed Representative Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina to be President Trump’s budget director on Thursday, installing in his cabinet a fiscal hawk who will play a central role in the administration’s plans to reshape the federal government. Mr. Mulvaney was confirmed to lead the White House Office of Management […]
12/3/2014
BUDGET: “Congress must pass a budget and hold Obama to it. No more continuing resolutions and no more excuses. Republicans soon hold both houses.” – 12/3/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 12/3/2014 […]
11/6/2014
BUDGET/MILITARY/VETS: “The new Congress must restore military spending & stop Obama budget cuts. Also, hold Obama accountable on the VA.” – 11/6/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 11/6/2014 […]
10/10/2013
BUDGET/OBAMA/SPENDING: “Obama is the most profligate deficit & debt spender in our nation’s history. Doubled debt http://bit.ly/18S8kWG Still won’t cut a penny f/budget.” – 10/10/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, twitlonger.com, 10/10/2013 […]
10/7/2013
BUDGET/OBAMA ADMIN: “The Obama Administration has a very important duty to provide a budget – and then negotiate! OUR COUNTRY is a laughingstock!” – 10/7/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 10/7/2013 […]
10/3/2013
BUDGET/GERMANY/JOBS/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Angela Merkel is doing a fantastic job as the Chancellor of Germany. Youth unemployment is at a record low & she has a budget surplus.” – Twitter.com, Oct. 3, 2013, Donald Trump, 10/3/2013 […]
10/3/2013
BUDGET/GERMANY/JOBS/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Angela Merkel is doing a fantastic job as the Chancellor of Germany. Youth unemployment is at a record low & she has a budget surplus.” – 10/3/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 10/3/2013 […]
10/1/2013
BUDGET/CONGRESS/OBAMA: “Obama has not passed a single budget in 4 years. Democrats don’t even vote them in Congress. He has failed to lead!” – 10/1/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 10/1/2013 […]
8/9/2013
BUDGET/GOVERNMENT/OBAMA/SHUTDOWN: “FACT – the reason why Americans have to worry about a government shutdown is because Obama refuses to pass a budget.” – 8/9/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 8/9/2013 […]
4/17/2013
BUDGET/OBAMA/SOCIAL SERVICES: “Obama’s $1T+ deficit budget expanded welfare & green cronyism & it cut domestic bomb prevention in half http://t.co/JNJRVIMW3B” – 4/17/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 4/17/2013 […]
3/14/2013
BUDGET/HOUSE OF REPS/OBAMA: “Obama hasn’t released a budget in over 2 years & for the 1st time House & Senate delivered budgets before him http://t.co/pN2WpKYAIl” – 3/14/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 3/14/2013 […]
11/20/2012
BUDGET: “Washington must come together on a deal to avoid a fiscal cliff. If taxes are raised, they must come with real, hard cuts.” [10:07:14 AM] – 11/20/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 11/20/2012 […]
10/9/2012
BUDGET/OBAMA: “Obama projected a 2012 budget deficit of $557B. It is actually double that at $1.1T http://t.co/QR8vZIcP We can’t afford four more years.” [10:04:51 AM] – 10/9/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 10/9/2012 […]
8/7/2012
BUDGET/CANDIDATE/SENATE: “The Senate should be more concerned about actually passing a budget than spreading lies about @MittRomney’s taxes.” [10:40:37 AM] – 8/7/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 8/7/2012 […]
7/31/2012
BUDGET/CONGRESS: “No member of Congress should be eligible for re-election if our country’s budget is not balanced—deficits not allowed!” [4:31:27 PM] – 7/31/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 7/31/2012 […]
7/13/2012
BUDGET/OBAMA/TAXES: “Don’t believe the lies–every budget @BarackObama has delivered to Congress raises the income tax on EVERYONE http://t.co/DVU19PVi” [3:22:27 PM] – 7/13/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 7/13/2012 […]
5/29/2012
BUDGET/NATIONAL DEBT/OBAMA: “Unsustainable- @BarackObama has increased total federal budget outlays by over 24% during his term http://t.co/Lc7Qn9ei He loves debt.” [4:04:39 PM] – 5/29/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 5/29/2012 […]
5/3/2012
BUDGET/DEMS/PARTIES: “We will never cut spending until we actually work off of a budget. The Democrats haven’t passed one in over 3 years. What a joke.” [2:41:34 PM] – 5/3/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 5/3/2012 […]
4/19/2012
BUDGET/POLITICAL FIGURES: “@FLGovScott signed a $70B budget which cut $140M in indiv projects http://t.co/991E4KR5 Very impressive. Rick is doing a masterful job.” [1:41:05 PM] – 4/19/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 4/19/2012 […]
4/6/2012
BUDGET/CHINA/NATIONAL DEBT/OBAMA: “His @BarackObama’s budget: interest payments to China will exceed US defense spending by 2019 http://t.co/2jMs1W3E @BarackObama’s America!” [12:19:18 PM] – 4/6/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 4/6/2012 […]
4/5/2012
BUDGET/OBAMA/PARTIES: “While @BarackObama criticizes the GOP budget, his own party graded him with an ‘F’ by voting down his budget in the House 414-0.” [2:29:21 PM] – 4/5/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 4/5/2012 […]
3/29/2012
BUDGET/PARTIES/POLITICS: “The House Republicans and Democrats are finally unanimous! Yesterday they voted down @BarackObama’s $3.6T budget 414-0. http://fxn.ws/HpMJ7P” [12:26:00 PM] – 3/29/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, Twitlonger.com, 3/29/2012 […]
3/26/2012
BUDGET/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Whether @RepPaulRyan’s plan is sound fiscal policy is not the relevant issue, the issue is strategic timing. Why release it now?” [2:10:45 PM] – 3/26/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 3/26/2012 […]
3/6/2012
BUDGET/CHINA/MILITARY/OBAMA: “China is raising its defense budget by 11% http://t.co/ILol5FY1 @BarackObama wants to cut ours by over $1Trillion. Wrong policy.” [2:38:18 PM] – 3/6/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 3/6/2012 […]
2/17/2012
BUDGET/ECONOMY: “Admitted:@BarackObama’s Treasury Secretary admitted that their 2013 budget does nothing to address America’s fiscal crisis.http://bit.ly/zxnw6h” [4:06:34 PM] – 2/17/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, Twitlonger.com, 2/17/2012 […]
2/14/2012
BUDGET/MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: “@BarackObama’s budget funds the ‘Arab Spring’ with $800B and the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt $1.3B in military aid. He loves radical Islam.” [3:45:58 PM] – 2/14/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 2/14/2012 […]
2/14/2012
BUDGET/CHINA/OBAMA: “A day after @BarackObama released a trillion dollar budget deficit, he is hosting China’s future leader VP XiJinping. America’s new reality.” [2:21:21 PM] – 2/14/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 2/14/2012 […]
2/14/2012
BUDGET/OBAMA: “Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Emanuel Cleaver is right. @BarackObama’s budget is a ‘nervous breakdown on paper.’http://bit.ly/zyDytZ” [12:32:52 PM] – 2/14/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 2/14/2012 […]
2/14/2012
BUDGET/GREECE/OBAMA: “A day after Greece burned @BarackObama released a $3.8 Trillion budget for 2013 with a $900 Billion deficit.He will turn America into Greece” [12:29:43 PM] – 2/14/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 2/14/2012 […]