The 19 Independent Agencies Trump Wants to Eliminate
The president’s budget suggests entirely defunding these bodies, from the Appalachian Regional Commission to the National Endowment for the Arts.
by Elaine Godfrey
Mar 16, 2017
1 minute
On Thursday, the White House released President Trump’s proposal for the federal budget, a blueprint outlining his spending priorities for Congress and the country. It cuts the budgets of many domestic programs. But for 19 independent agencies, it goes a step further—and proposes eliminating their funding entirely.
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