Trump Budget Tag

Trump Cancels $810M for Illegal Immigrants, Race-Based Programs

Posted by Ben Smith on September 27, 2026 14 Comments

Trump spending cuts target $810 million for illegal immigrant services, race-focused programs and other federal spending....

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Trump’s $1.5T Defense Plan Forces Cuts Across Government

Posted by Ben Smith on April 04, 2026 31 Comments

“We’re fighting wars. We can’t take care of day care,” Trump said. “It’s not possible for us to take care of day care, Medicaid, Medicare.” ...

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Supreme Court Temporarily Restores Trump’s “Pocket Rescission” of $4 billion in Foreign Aid

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 26, 2025 9 Comments

The fight over funding is the heart of the Trump agenda to disembowel the Democrat-Leftist activist federal-government-funded industrial complex. Trump is gaining the upper hand in SCOTUS and gradually overcoming lower court resistance....

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One Big Beautiful Bill Becomes One Big Beautiful Law on Independence Day

Posted by Elizabeth Stauffer on July 04, 2025 29 Comments

"Our country is going to be a rocket ship economically!"...

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Senate Rejects Measure to End Medicaid Coverage for Illegals, 56–44

Posted by Elizabeth Stauffer on July 01, 2025 60 Comments

"Fourteen states currently offer health coverage to people in the U.S. regardless of immigration status, including undocumented migrants."...

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Houses Passes Budget Resolution, First Step Toward Advancing Trump Agenda

Posted by Elizabeth Stauffer on February 26, 2025 20 Comments

“It’s sort of the kickoff in what will be a four-quarter game, and that very important, very consequential game begins as soon as we get this thing passed."...

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State Dept. Halts $50 Million ‘to Fund Condoms in Gaza’

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 28, 2025 43 Comments

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt: "That is a preposterous waste of taxpayer money."...

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Trump Signs COVID Relief and Spending Package

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 27, 2020 28 Comments

President Donald Trump signed the massive $900 billion COVID relief bill and $1.4 trillion spending package, which Congress tied together for expediency, to keep the government funded through September.

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House Pushes Through Spending Bills Totaling $1.4 Trillion With a Ton of Pork

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 17, 2019 16 Comments

The House of Representatives had less than 24 hours to review spending bills, totaling 2,000+ pages and worth $1.4 trillion, to keep the government fund through the next fiscal year. Despite the small time frame, the representatives passed the bill in order to avert a shutdown, which would have happened on Friday.

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Trump’s 2020 Budget: $1.9 Trillion Entitlement Cuts, $8.6 Billion for Wall

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 11, 2019 11 Comments

President Donald Trump released his budget for the 2020 fiscal year, which adds up to $4.7 trillion. The budget includes spending cuts up to $2.7 trillion. The majority of that number comes from $1.9 trillion in entitlement cuts.

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Trump on partial gov’t shutdown: “It’s not going to be open until we have a wall”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 25, 2018 26 Comments

The "government" is not shut. A part of the government, about one-fourth, is not funded. Because of the payroll cycle, the people working in those sectors are getting paid, though there may be a delay in payment for non-essential workers for future work until a new funding bill is passed.

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Trump, Republicans Thinking About Cutting Spending From Omnibus Bill

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 03, 2018 17 Comments

Remember that awful omnibus bill the government passed last month? The backlash was swift and strong. Apparently, lawmakers listened because reports suggest Trump and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) have started to look at ways to slash spending from the $1.3 trillion bill.

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Eeyores and concern trolls out in force after Omnibus crap sandwich

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 24, 2018 98 Comments

In the early days of Legal Insurrection, particularly after Obama's 2008 victory at least through the 2010 midterms, I often saw the word "eeyore" used to describe those in the conservative blogosphere whose main role in life was to spread gloom. I also learned about a few types of common blog trolls:

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Trump signing Omnibus Bill in context of upcoming confrontations with North Korea and Iran

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 23, 2018 42 Comments

The Omnibus bill Trump signed today is a crap sandwich. Sure, with over a trillion dollars in spending there are some individual items that could be praised, but as a totality it's a monstrosity, a POS, a sellout to the worst of D.C. big spending.

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Congress Releases $1.3 Trillion Omnibus Bill Days Before Friday Deadline

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 22, 2018 19 Comments

Congress released its 2,232 page, $1.3 trillion omnibus bill late Wednesday night, which is only about 48 hours before the deadline for passage. That's right. Lawmakers have basically 24 hours to read through the bill and pass it by Friday to avoid a government shutdown.

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Government Faces Shutdown on Friday if Congress Cannot Pass Spending Bill

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 19, 2018 13 Comments

Yes, the government is facing another shutdown if Congress does not pass a spending bill to fund the government through the end of September by midnight on Friday. It may not be that easy since some Republicans have scoffed at the $1.2 trillion price tag.

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Trump Budget Will Have Major Impact on Student Loans

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 18, 2018 7 Comments

"could serve to simplify the process and reduce the number of years students have to pay the government back"...

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Trump Unveils $4 Trillion Budget Concentrating on Infrastructure, Cutting Red Tape

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 12, 2018 17 Comments

President Donald Trump has rolled out the budget for 2019, written by budget director Mick Mulvaney. While it demands cuts to federal spending, it avoids balancing the budget within 10 years. Infrastructure received the main point of the budget for $1.5 trillion and cutting red tape. Trump tweeted out that after the country spent $7 trillion in the Middle East, it's time to start investing in America.

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