Democrats said Trump's(pic) proposal upended his promise in last week's State of the Union speech to "always protect" the popular Social Security pension plan and the Medicare health plan for seniors.
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump's US$4.8 trillion budget plan for the coming fiscal year drew a prompt rejection on Monday from congressional Democrats, who said it betrayed his promise to protect popular health and safety-net programmess.
The White House presented the budget as a blueprint for the president's policy priorities. It includes funding to build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico and fight the opioid crisis, but cuts billions of dollars from safety net programs under the banner of welfare reform.
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