Toplines Undecided as Appropriators Try to Follow Trump’s Budget
High-level spending figures are in flux as House appropriators struggle to write their funding bills to follow President Donald Trump’s “skinny” budget proposal.
Senior appropriators have been engaged in a back and forth with the White House about overall government funding levels since the Trump administration sent a narrow budget request last month.
Lawmakers are looking for additional spending cuts to get as close as possible to the White House’s request, but are wary of proposing deep cuts that could endanger final passage on the floor, given House Republicans’ razor-thin majority, ...