Federal Budget Proposal Released
Significant Cuts Proposed to County Programs
President Donald Trump unveiled this week the complete details of his nearly $4.1 trillion fiscal-year 2018 budget request. The president’s spending plan, which would slash entitlement programs by $1.7 trillion over the ensuing decade and cut $54 billion from domestic discretionary accounts next year, was immediately panned by congressional Democrats and only tacitly supported by some GOP lawmakers. In fact, a number of Republicans were quick to dismiss the budget, suggesting that the president’s spending recommendations will largely fall by the wayside as lawmakers write and negotiate the 12 annual appropriations measures.