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Trump Demands Cuts to Foreign Aid to Get 6 Times More Money for His Campaign Wall

Featured News, Immigration, White House
Mon, Mar 11th, 2019

Trump’s budget asked for $8.6 billion to build a wall on the southern border with Mexico, more than six times what Congress gave him for border projects in each of the past two fiscal years, and 6 percent more than he has corralled by invoking emergency powers this year after he failed to get the money he wanted.

Paul Ryan Proposes Massive Tax Cut For the Rich That Adds $100 Billion To Deficit

Commentary, Featured News, Issues
Thu, Feb 5th, 2015

In his first proposed tax reform legislation as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, deficit hawk Paul Ryan’s tax plan benefitting big business and the wealthy will increase the deficit by $100 billion over ten years.