Laicie Heeley’s Op-ed in The Hill on Pentagon Slush Fund
May 5, 2017

Democrats delivered a win on the budget this week. The $1.1 trillion spending bill Congress unveiled provided an additional $15 billion in war spending, less than the $30 billion the Trump administration had requested. In exchange for the smaller increase, Democrats secured concessions on a number of priorities including Trump’s border wall.

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