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Here's what the Trump White House wants to cut to fund his border wall - politics - Duration: 3:23.
Here�s what the Trump White House wants to cut to fund his border wall, military spending
spree
On the same day that Department of Homeland Security justification documents were reported
that indicate President Donald Trump wants nearly $1 billion to pay for his proposed
border wall, the White House has sent a list of $18 billion worth of suggested spending
cuts to Capitol Hill.
The cuts are wide-ranging but include programs like medical research, community development
grants, and building new roads and bridges, according to a report by The New York Times.
Because the list of suggested cuts are not being presented as official administration
proposals but rather as �options� for congressional Republicans, they tell us more
about where Trump would like to cut spending in order to pay for his border wall and Pentagon
spending increases � as well as the fact that the administration is flexible in its
approach to what it cuts.
These suggestions have been sent as Congress continues work on $1.1 trillion in incomplete
spending bills that, if left unaddressed, could result in a government shutdown on April
28.
This would be particularly if Senate Democrats choose to filibuster language that explicitly
finances Trump�s proposed border wall (which they have promised to do), as well as if many
of the more draconian cuts included in the new suggestions remain in place.
The largest cut would occur in the Senate�s Labor-Health and Human Services-Education
subcommittee, which would see a $7.26 billion reduction to its budget primarily by cutting
grant funding (such as mental health program and spending to the National Institutes of
Health) and by eliminating programs like AmeriCorps.
The next largest cut would be to the State and Foreign Operations subcommittee, including
peacekeeping and foreign aid programs.
Other suggested spending cuts include:
Department of Housing and Urban Development: $1.68 billion
National Institutes of Health research grants: $1.2 billion
Department of Agriculture: More than $1 billion TIGER grants (which fund transportation projects):
$500 million Heat subsidies for low-income Americans: $372
million Environmental Protection Agency: $247 million
McGovern-Dole International Food Program (which feeds millions of schoolchildren throughout
the world): Entirely eliminated Trump�s proposal may be little more than
just a wish list, though.
Republican Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri told The New York Times that, when it comes to
Trump�s proposed border wall being paid for in the larger spending package, �they
will not pass together.
That�s just my view.� He added, �There is no path to put a supplemental
(wall) as currently described on that package.�
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