Commentary: Trump's emergency declaration hangs over his new budget proposal like a dark cloud
by Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times
Mar 12, 2019
2 minutes
Much ink is being spilled on President Donald Trump's latest proposed budget cuts and spending increases for fiscal year 2020. So it's worth reminding you that Congress typically ignores almost all the policy proposals in the White House's annual spending blueprint and makes its own decisions on which programs to slash, eliminate or bulk up. That's its constitutional prerogative.
Nevertheless, there are
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