Washington (AP) – House Republicans released a budget on Wednesday, in which many of the top domestic priorities of President Donald Trump are present and tax cuts of up to 4.5 trillion dollars and an increase in the debt border. Bills.
The budget plan also directs a variety of house committees to reduce expenses by at least 1.5 trillion US dollars and explains that the goal is to reduce the expenditure over 10 years by $ 2 trillion.
The blueprint is a first step in a lengthy legislative process that would enable Republicans to say goodbye to some of their top priorities in a basic majority. The household committee of the House of Representatives is expected to hold votes on the plan on Thursday. The spokesman for the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, predicted that it would easily get out of the committee.
“Then we will work with everyone over the week to ensure that they are on board,” said Johnson.
Johnson has set an ambitious schedule for postponing the decision and the subsequent legislation, but the tensions remain at the Republican conference on the scope of the proposed tax and expenditure cuts. Some want more tax cuts than in the blueprint, while other steeper spending cuts want.
“There will be a lot of negotiations back and forth,” said Johnson. . “
Budget resolutions are often regarded as priority declarations. However, the 45-page plan is more than just one policy plan, since it offers specific instructions for the house committees to the division of the federal money flow. GOP executives observe cuts in social services and especially in Medicaid because they are looking for massive savings.
The energy and trade committee, which takes over the expenditure for health care, is asked to reduce 880 billion US dollars over the decade, while the Committee on Education and Personnel is asked to reduce expenditure by $ 330 billion. The agricultural committee is asked to save 230 billion US dollars, while the transport and infrastructure committee will find at least 10 billion US dollars by 2034 by 2034.
Even if some programs were shortened, the money would be relocated to other Trump priorities, including an increase in defense spending of 100 billion US dollars in the next decade by the armed forces committee and an additional 90 billion US dollars for the Homeland Security Department Trumps carries out massive immigration deportation.
House Democrats criticized the budget tough.
MP Brendan Boyle, the Supreme Democrat for the household committee of the House of Representatives, said that tax cuts will not pay themselves through increased economic growth.
“Instead, your plan blows the deficit and puts the middle class with the invoice, be it due to higher prices, deep cuts for essential programs or both,” said Philadelphia legislator.
And Rep. Paul Tonko, Dn.Y., said it could eventually lead to the fact that many are dependent on Medicaid for their health insurance coverage in order to recognize higher costs or to lose the cover completely.
“Taking this life -saving reporting is cruel for yourself. But to do everything to further reduce the pockets of their donors, the richest republicans and companies, it is loathous, ”said Tonko.
The Republicans say that they do not want to exploit the advantages of those who rely on Medicaid, but consider them asking more workers to work as a condition for their participation.
“If you add Medicaid work requirements, this makes sense for people. It is common sense, ”said Johnson. “Small things like this not only make a huge difference in the budgeting process, but also in the moral of people. You know that the work is good for you. You would find at work. And the people who don’t do this will try to attract their attention. “
While the Republicans of the Republicans pursue a closer effort in the lead of the Senate, which focus on increasing border security and defense spending.
The Republicans have been discussing since last year whether they should enact the majority of Trump’s agenda in one or two legal provisions. The Senate moves on a two-bill route while the house moves on a one-down route. It is unclear which side will win in the end.
The Senate’s budget committee began working on Wednesday with the closer budget. It would enable 175 billion US dollars to be spent on border security, $ 150 billion for defense and $ 20 billion for the coast guard. Your budget would not include an extension of the tax cuts so that this can be treated in a second invoice later this year.
Senator Lindsey Graham, chairman of the committee, said when selling the blueprint to other legislators that the majority of American American immigrants who are illegal in the United States, but that the immigration and customs authorities are based on the financing. He said that more agents and adhesive areas will be necessary to enable the deportation effort.
“We have to move on this topic,” said South Carolina’s Republican.
Senator Jeff Merkley, the Supreme Democrat in the Committee, said that the GOP efforts would ultimately bring the nation deeper into debt through massive tax cuts, of which he said that he was particularly beneficial. He said it was a trend that repeatedly took place with Republicans in the White House.
“We’ll see a repetition of the Scharade again,” said Oregon’s senator. “The gutter never lawn.”
