Get Ready for a Congressional Budget Blowout

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Townhall
Stephen Moore
Jan. 23, 2018

No one is paying much attention, but Congress is preparing a two-year budget that would blow past bipartisan spending caps to the tune of $216 billion through 2019.

That might be a best-case scenario. The budget watchers at FreedomWorks estimate that when hurricane disaster relief, funding for the border wall, added Obamacare money for the bankrupt insurance markets, and other last-minute spending "emergencies" are thrown in the mix, the two-year spending blitz could exceed $300 billion.

President Donald Trump had better get his veto pen handy.

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Trump will once again be at odds with his own party if he hopes to do anything about the budget.