Trump Urges 'Slim' Spending Package, Downplays New Tax Cuts
(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump urged Republicans in Congress to pursue a “slim” spending bill in Congress focused on funding immigration enforcement, weighing in on a spat that has divided GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
Trump in an interview with Fox Business said that the legislation will focus “mostly” on funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, downplaying the likelihood that Republican lawmakers will be able to add tax cuts or other economic priorities to entice voters ahead of the midterms.
“We’re putting some things as we go along, but you know you’ve heard the expression ‘we want to keep it sort of slim,’ because we want to make sure that I have the safest border in the history of our country,” Trump said in the interview that aired on Wednesday.
Senate Republicans are pushing a spending bill aimed at providing funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol through a so-called reconciliation bill, which can pass with a simple majority on a party-line basis. That maneuver would allow Republicans to circumvent Democrats who have held up funding for the Department of Homeland Security in a bid to force changes to immigration enforcement policy.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/trump-urges-slim-spending-package-104506014.html
Service cuts for thee. Tax cuts for me. Right Donny?