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Thursday, March 23, 2017

McConnell criticizes Trump spending cuts



The GOP never cuts spending
The Republican Party is little more than a 
pro-gun faction of the Democrat Party


(The Hill)  -  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday criticized President Trump's proposed cuts to the State Department budget, calling them inappropriate.
"America being a force is a lot more than building up the Defense Department. Diplomacy is important, extremely important, and I don't think these reductions at the State Department are appropriate," McConnell told The Associated Press.
"There are things on the domestic side that are extremely important," he added.
McConnell maintained that he will fend off attempts to cut funding for the Appalachian Regional Commission, which sponsors economic development initiatives in Kentucky, and shield the National Institutes of Health, according to the AP.
"When we get to funding the government, obviously it will be done on a bipartisan basis," he said last month . . . 

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