GOP, Dems balk at latest Trump foreign aid cuts
Trump is facing bipartisan pushback for cutting off aid to three Central American countries, with lawmakers arguing it would backfire on his efforts to curb illegal immigration.
The two top Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs and Appropriations committees panned the move, and other GOP members in both chambers agreed it would be counterproductive to attempts to reduce the number of migrants fleeing poverty and violence in those nations.
Democrats indicated that they will try to prevent the Trump administration from carrying out the cuts through the appropriations process, but are reviewing their options as they await details from the State Department on how funds would be diverted. A Democratic aide said that the department had yet to respond to a Monday deadline to explain how the policy would be implemented.
“Stiff competition, mind you, [but] this is one of his worst ideas,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said at a Politico Playbook event on Tuesday.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/437060-gop-dems-balk-at-latest-trump-foreign-aid-cuts
In the meantime the GOP will pretend to oppose the cuts but buckle in the end.
