Budget deal marks latest surrender to Trump, GOP

Friends of the Earth criticizes a two-year congressional budget deal for increasing the Pentagon budget by $160 billion while providing only $128 billion for social and environmental spending, and for including tax subsidies for fossil fuels and biomass.

• A two-year congressional budget deal to raise sequestration spending caps breaks the principle of parity between defense and non-defense spending by allocating $160 billion more to the Pentagon budget compared to $128 billion for social and environmental spending.
• The budget agreement contains tax subsidies for the fossil fuel and dirty biomass industries, which the author describes as corporate handouts.
• There is concern that the budget deal and the subsequent omnibus spending bill will be used by the Trump administration and the GOP to reduce funding for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) programs, which are already at levels near historic lows.

APA

Lugg, A. (2018). Budget deal marks latest surrender to Trump, GOP. Friends of the Earth. https://foe.org/uncategorized/budget-deal-marks-latest-surrender-trump-gop/

Chicago

Lugg, Adam. Budget deal marks latest surrender to Trump, GOP. Friends of the Earth, 2018. https://foe.org/uncategorized/budget-deal-marks-latest-surrender-trump-gop/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{lugg2018budget, author = {Lugg, Adam}, title = {{Budget deal marks latest surrender to Trump, GOP}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth}, year = {2018}, month = feb, url = {https://foe.org/uncategorized/budget-deal-marks-latest-surrender-trump-gop/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }