This week, Congress accepted Donald Trump’s request to return $ 9 billion in approved federal expenses, including financing foreign assistance and public broadcasting. Participants in the discussion on Washington Week with Atlantic Last night I joined in order to discuss the request for the disclosure of the president about the intersection – and the fact that his approval can signal future appropriations.
“I think that I think this will remember this vote is that it was a test example of whether the“ Republicans in Congress ”can change the way to assign the government,” Michael Sherer, a full -time writer AtlanticHe said last night.
Historically, Sherer explained, even when one side controls both chambers of the Congress, 60 votes are still necessary to pass the budget through the Senate. “This means that you need a two -party process,” he continued. But this differs from the request for cancellation, which can pass only 51 votes. According to Sherer, the purpose of the Trump administration is to break away from the two -party budget process, “making it purely partisan.” This, according to Sherer, can “dramatically change the entire method of the budget of the federal government for many years.”
Joining the chief editor AtlanticJeffrey Goldberg to discuss this and much more: Lee Ann Koldwell, the main correspondent of Washington in Washer; Stephen Hayes, editor SendingMerit McGrow, a white house reporter in Wall Street Journal; and Michael Sherer, a regular writer in AtlanticField
Look at the full episode HereField
