Congress’s Big, Bad Budget Bill Is a Dream for Polluters and Billionaires

Republicans Quietly Try To Give Trump Even More Power In Their Budget Bill

The provision would give President Donald Trump new powers to attack and destroy nonprofit groups at his discretion.

Congress’s Big, Bad Budget Bill is a Dream for Polluters and Billionaires

What you should know Congressional Republicans are using a process called budget reconciliation to ram through more of the Trump administration’s agenda. Budget reconciliation is a tool that Congress can use to fast-track federal bills related to spending. It requires a simple majority vote in both Houses of Congress, meaning that Republicans do not need a single Democratic vote to pass the bill into law. This time, Republicans have drafted a b…