Several of Trump’s GOP allies raise alarms about administration’s budget proposal

Some of President Trump’s biggest Republican allies in Congress are starting to rebel against the administration’s fallback strategy to avert a government shutdown and a potentially catastrophic debt default this fall.

At issue is a plan put forward by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney last month: fund federal government operations at current spending levels for one year, paired with a one-year increase in the debt ceiling, which limits the federal government’s borrowing capabilities.

The two administration officials proposed that option in case the White House fails to reach a broader budget and debt limit deal with top congressional officials, mainly House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).

View the complete July 3 article by Seung Min Kim on The Washington Post website here.