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Trump’s big cuts destroyed Susan Collins’ only pitch for reelection
What happened
AlterNet reports that the Trump administration undercut Sen. Susan Collins’s central reelection pitch: that her seniority and role as the Senate’s lead Republican appropriator allow her to secure federal money for Maine. Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought told Congress that the administration would eliminate $1 billion lawmakers had approved, demonstrating that congressional appropriations can be blocked even with Collins in office.
According to the account, most of the cuts target Health and Human Services programs serving refugees and unaccompanied minors…
The skinny
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