Trump's budget: winners and losers

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The military, HIV testing and border security are doing well; health programs, farmers and recipients of food stamps are not as favored.

The budget proposal for the Trump administration's fiscal year 2020 will not be passed, but the "Budget for a Better America" ​​clearly states which programs are sponsored by the president and which are excluded. The military, HIV testing and border security are doing well; health programs, farmers and recipients of food stamps are not as favored.

Here are some nuggets of the budget:

WINNERS

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E-cig clampdown: The electronic nicotine industry would pay up to $ 100 million in user fees under President Donald Trump's plan to help the Food and Drug Administration regulate e-cigarettes, which are currently not subject to tax. FDA approval.

Soldiers and sailors: US troops would get a steep 3.1% increase in salary next year, up from 2.6% this year if Congress subscribed at the request of the president. This would be the biggest increase in a decade and would be funded by an overall 5% increase in defense spending, made possible by a budget-bypass solution, even Republican lawmakers call a "gadget". A total of US $ 174 billion from Trump A request for $ 750 billion for the Department of Defense would be hidden in an account that does not count in the budget ceilings to prevent the government from managing debt and deficit levels always higher.

Family leave: The Chair requested that his budget provide for six weeks of paid family leave for new mothers and fathers, including adoptive parents. But the proposal does not say how the federal government would fund such a program. "My administration is also committed to providing paid parental leave to help working parents and we are committed to partnering with Congress to enact this important policy," the document says.

Anti-HIV efforts: Under the President's plan, an additional $ 140 million would be sent to disease control and prevention centers to improve HIV diagnosis and testing. An additional $ 50 million would expand the services of community health centers and $ 70 million would be allocated to a program that works with state and local groups to help more than half a million people fight against HIV and AIDS every year.

Trade: The White House has said it wants more funds for its core business in the coming fiscal year to advance the president's trade agenda, although the government has not yet clarified what it is. She was really looking for some business-centric offices.

Choice of school: The president's plan includes The choice of school proposed by Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, would create a new federal tax credit of up to $ 50 billion over 10 years, in order to give credit to the school. money to individuals and businesses that provide bursaries that help students pay for tuition and other tuition fees.

Application of immigration: The White House calls on Congress to increase by 16% the funds allocated to immigration and customs law enforcement, which would bring the funding to $ 8.8 billion at the end of the year. agency and would allow it to host an average of 54,000 immigrants to detention centers.

Golf buddies: The budget proposed by the White House includes funding for a health program aimed at little kids, researched by one of Trump's golfing friends: Jack Nicklaus. As part of the Administration's fiscal year 2020 funding plan, HHS would devote $ 20 million to the completion of a mobile hospital project for the HHS. Children at Nicklaus Children's Miami Hospital, which owes its name to the legendary golfer.

losers

Food Stamps: The White House wants to reduce the additional nutritional assistance program by $ 17 billion in the next fiscal year and close to $ 220 billion over 10 years. The plan also plans to exchange some SNAP benefits for "harvest boxes" to distribute non-perishable food packages to low-income families. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said the move could save the government more than $ 129 billion over 10 years.

Farmers: Trump calls again this year to cut more than $ 28 billion in crop insurance and other agricultural subsidies over a decade.

Medicare and Medicaid: The Trump administration is once again asking for a general overhaul of Medicaid as part of its budget request – seeking to block subsidies and strengthen eligibility criteria through a series of changes that would cut hundreds of billions of dollars in funding. health program for the poor. The White House boasts a series of initiatives to reduce drug prices that would reduce about $ 19 billion in Medicare spending until 2029.

Research against cancer: As part of this plan, the White House offers a $ 897 million cut in the National Cancer Institute's budget, plus more than $ 1 billion in cuts to institutes that do other medical research. The Trump budget provides for a 12% cut in funding to the Department of Health and Social Services, which is expected to reach $ 87.1 billion.

NASA: While the president's call for the creation of a new space force within the Air Force, it also aims to reduce NASA funding by about 2% to $ 21 billion.

Education: If Trump had the wind in their sails, the budget of the Ministry of Education would be reduced by 12% in fiscal year 2020, to reach $ 62 billion. This cash reduction would include cuts to a range of student assistance programs, but would still extend Pell grants for short-term training.

Sanctuary cities: The White House calls in its budget plan to strengthen the crackdown on the so – called "sanctuary" jurisdictions that do not cooperate fully with federal forces in their efforts to expel undocumented immigrants. The administration wants to amend a federal law to prevent state and local authorities from resisting Trump's immigration program.

Sabrina Rodriguez, Ryan McCrimmon, Dan Diamond, Benjamin Wermund, Adam Cancryn, Sarah Owermohle, Adam Cancryn, Ted Hesson, Connor O'Brien, Adam Behsudi, Catherine Boudreau, Jacqueline Klimas and Michael Stratford contributed to this report.