President Biden’s first budget request to Congress includes $1.5 trillion in federal spending that turbocharges funding for education, health and environmental protections — flipping the script on the very programs the Trump administration long ridiculed and sought to slash.
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Biden budget seeks to flip script on Trump administration’s spending priorities
The White House wants more money for all the programs Trump had sought to slash.
Analysis by Rachel Siegel
April 9, 2021 at 11:20 a.m. EDT