Page 47 - Line Items News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Latest updates on this topic from reliable sources.

There was an acknowledgement from the secretaries. wear going to get hit by republicans d decrats. the republicans saying this going to balloon the deficit. democrats saying this is helping the wealthy. what are you hearing about how they're going to actually try to get this through congress? >> this is the joy of tax reform. it's why it hasn't been done since 1986. there is a constituency for every single one of those loopholes and line items that they've glossed over o this one page. it's literally one piece of paper. the plan that president trump or candidate trump put out in september had ...

Started. this is a long on going process, the very beginning. >> domestic programs slashed here under the plan. the military draws a 10% bump. homeland security and veterans affairs also winners. who pays for that? we can show you. almost every other department. the plan basically cutting a quarter out of the entire state department and environmental regulatears. it would do that in a single year. halle jackson covering this big day at the white house. casey hunt on capitol hill, and ward is in washington. halle, what can you tell us about all of this? >> there is a lot to talk about, too. whe...

Increases at department of justice for law enforcement, increases in department of homeland for things like border security and immigration control. increases within the department of energy to deal with nuclear try yad. corresponding reductions and similar amounts offsetting dollar for dollar in other programs. the largest reduction if you've seen the budget already is a 31% reduction within the environmental protection agency. the next largest on percentage basis is department of state, and the other departments are reduced in lesser amounts. i think the smallest reduction we have is nasa wh...

Latest updates on this topic from reliable sources.