HASC ranking member anticipates challenges in passing Trump's proposed budget

By Jordana Mishory / March 22, 2017 at 2:24 PM
House Armed Services Committee ranking member Adam Smith (D-WA) has joined the growing chorus saying the Trump administration will run into trouble with securing its proposed budget. Speaking Wednesday at the McAleese/Credit Suisse conference in Washington, Smith told the audience that “I think we will soon discover that making dramatic cuts in the non-defense discretionary budget is a lot more difficult than the president's skinny budget would imply.” Elsewhere on Wednesday, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-AZ) and...

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