Trump gets almost nothing in the new budget, but Dems win big.
excellent article from WaPo.
The Daily 202: Eight ways Trump got rolled in his first budget negotiation
-- Now that the language has posted, here are the eight most notable areas Trump caved in his first big spending negotiation:
1. There are explicit restrictions to block the border wall. We knew last week there would be no money to start construction on a project that the president says is more important to his base than anything else. But the final agreement goes further, putting strict limitations on how Trump can use new money for border security (e.g. to invest in new technology and repair existing fencing). Administration officials have insisted they already have the statutory authority to start building the wall under a 2006 law. This prevents such an end run.
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2. Non-defense domestic spending will go up, despite the Trump team’s insistence he wouldn’t let that happen. The president called for $18 billion in cuts. Instead, he’s going to sign a budget with lots of sweeteners that grow the size of government. Mitch McConnell made sure $4.6 billion got put aside to permanently extend health benefits to 22,000 retired Appalachian coal miners and their families. Nancy Pelosi made sure $295 million was included to shore up Medicaid in Puerto Rico. Chuck Schumer got $61 million to reimburse local law enforcement agencies for the cost of protecting Trump when he travels to his residences in Florida and New York. There is also another $2 billion in disaster relief money for states, which bought a couple votes. (Kelsey Snell, our lead budget reporter, has more examples.)
3. Barack Obama’s cancer moonshot is generously funded. The administration asked to slash spending at the National Institutes of Health by $1.2 billion for the rest of this fiscal year. Instead, the NIH will get a $2 billion boost — on top of the huge increase it got last year. Republican appropriators who care about biomedical research, including Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) and Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), delivered.
Trump also failed in his efforts to cut money for other kinds of scientific inquiry. For example, he proposed defunding the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy. Instead, it is getting a $15 million increase.
4. Trump fought to cut the Environmental Protection Agency by a third. The final deal trims its budget by just 1 percent, with no staff cuts. As part of a compromise, the EPA gets $80 million less than last year, but the budget is $8 billion.
5. He didn’t defund Planned Parenthood. Despite the best efforts of social conservatives, the group will continue to receive funding at current levels
more in the article.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/05/01/daily-202-eight-ways-trump-got-rolled-in-his-first-budget-negotiation/590687f2e9b69b3a72331f09/
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He said he is the bestest negotiator evah! 
Thank you kwassa, this is great news...Donnie loses again!
We need to have a beer over this!!
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Go Dems!!!
Now if we could just get rid of Pruitt...
Bwahahahah! 
Good news for us though! 
We're not tired of winning yet, I promise you. Keep it up!
Oh, the irony: deplorables will benefit from not being poisoned because of a robust EPA, from the medical research, from having continued access to Planned Parenthood, and other provisions in this budget because of Democratic influence. Yet, they won't even know or recognize who's truly on their side.
they have "libtards" to thank for non-toxic air & water, low-cost health screenings, etc.
Thanks for posting!!
blow. Multiple threads...I call them the thread of despair...some like the poster belong are trying to cheer his despondent jackbooted friends...
"Too early for hand-wringing and pearl-clutching. Trump is moving ahead with his immigration agenda despite the obstacles put in his way. I will be concerned if at the same time next year Trump has not advanced. 101 days in office is not the time to panic.
Again, it is important to remember that the design phase is proceeding ahead. No construction can proceed until that is done. I have been involved in multiple USG construction projects. The first phase is site acquisition followed by design and then construction. "
To this I say...never to early for hand-wringing and pearl clutching...so entertaining.
