Bernie Sanders Lambastes OMB Director Mick Mulvaney Over Health Provisions In Trump’s Budget Plan
“Director [Mick] Mulvaney, tell me about the morality of a budget which supports tax breaks for billionaires, throws 32 million people off of the health insurance they have, resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of fellow Americans,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Meanwhile, the Office of Management and Budget chief caused confusion when he hinted at the same hearing that he wouldn't vote for President Donald Trump's budget if he were in Congress.
The Washington Post:
Sanders Claims White House Budget Would Kill Thousands But Mulvaney Says That’s Not True
Sen. Bernie Sanders berated White House budget director Mick Mulvaney over President Trump’s budget proposal Tuesday, contending that thousands of people would die and others would freeze because of the administration’s proposed cuts. Sanders was referring specifically to the budget proposal’s repeal of the Affordable Care Act and cuts to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. (Werner, 2/13)
NBC News:
Mulvaney Tells Congress He Would Vote Against His Own Budget
Mick Mulvaney, President Donald Trump's budget director, told lawmakers at a Senate budget hearing Tuesday that if he were still in Congress, he would not vote for the $4.4 trillion proposal he was presenting. (Clark, 2/13)
The Hill:
Mulvaney Remarks On Trump Budget Plan Spark Confusion
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said that Mick Mulvaney would vote for President Trump’s budget proposal if he were still in Congress after the OMB director suggested he would not during a Senate hearing on Tuesday. Mulvaney, who was on Capitol Hill to defend the proposal, said he “probably would have found enough shortcomings” in the document to vote against it if he were still a congressman. (Jagoda, 2/13)
In other news —
The Hill:
Rubio Blasts Trump Budget For ObamaCare 'Bailout' Provision
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Tuesday criticized a provision of President Trump’s budget request that he said bails out ObamaCare insurers. The White House budget calls for more than $800 million in mandatory appropriations to fully fund ObamaCare’s risk corridor program, which was created in 2014 to help cushion insurers from major losses during the early years of the federal insurance exchanges. (Weixel, 2/13)
