ColumnistThis is how far Republicans will go in submissiveness to President Trump: They will vote to surrender military spending projects in their own home states and districts to avoid displeasing him. House Republicans already voted to put their districts’ military spending projects on the block. It’s certainly not the first instance of Trump pulling Republicans from their moorings. The one-time party of fiscal discipline just received a budget from Trump proposing years of trillion-dollar deficits. A party that professed a commitment to the United States’ social compact is now silent as Trump proposes deep cuts to Medicare.

Source: Washington Post March 12, 2019 23:37 UTC