Advertisement Continue reading the main story“The president proposes and Congress disposes,” said Representative Charlie Dent, a Republican appropriator from Pennsylvania. Mr. Trump’s budget also shows little regard for the political sensitivities of his party. President George W. Bush pressed to partially privatize Social Security, and many Republicans disliked that idea. Those contradictions are among the many reasons that even members of Mr. Trump’s party see his budget more as a mere suggestion than an edict. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“Historically, presidential budgets do not fare well with Congress,” said Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina.

Source: New York Times March 16, 2017 18:45 UTC