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Track-Trump February 27, 2017

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This morning President Trump introduced a budget proposal that calls for a 10% or $54 billion increase in military spending with corresponding cuts to discretionary domestic programs and foreign aid. Proposed cuts will reportedly target the EPA and the State Department.

The Senate confirmed billionaire investor Wilbur Ross as the new U.S. Commerce Secretary in a vote of 72-27. Ross is an outspoken critic of Chinese trade practices and is expected to play a key role in the administration’s trade agenda.

The US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit denied a Department of Justice request to halt litigation on an appeal over the President’s executive order suspending travel from seven Muslim-majority countries. The White House is expected to submit a revised order by the middle of the week.

The Department of Justice dropped a discrimination claim levelled by the previous administration against a voter ID law in Texas on the grounds that the Texas legislature is searching for ways to “cure the deficiencies” in the statute. Opponents of the Texas law allege it discriminates against minority voters.

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