{"id":2587042,"date":"2026-04-03T23:20:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T03:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/collins-knocks-trumps-budget-proposal\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T23:23:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T03:23:18","slug":"collins-knocks-trumps-budget-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/collins-knocks-trumps-budget-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Collins knocks Trump\u2019s budget proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcollins-knocks-trumps-budget-proposal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2587042&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) criticized President Trump\u2019s newly released budget proposal for fiscal 2027, saying it has several shortcomings even though it includes some improvements over last year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-signs-massive-770-billion-defense-bill-to-increase-spending-for-most-parts-of-military\/\" title=\"Biden Signs Massive 0 Billion Defense Bill To Increase Spending For Most Parts Of Military\">discretionary request<\/a>. The Office of Management and Budget\u2019s plan totals about $2.2 trillion, nearly doubling defense spending while cutting some domestic programs.<\/p>\n<p>Collins argued that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawaii-may-not-have-protection-under-article-5-of-the-nato-treaty\/\" title=\"Hawaii May Not Have Protection Under Article 5 of the NATO Treaty\">defense provisions<\/a> do not provide enough of a boost to the Navy to counter China\u2019s growing fleet and she faulted proposed cuts to the Justice Department\u2019s Job Corps program, wich she supports. As chair of the Senate appropriations Committee, she stressed that gaining bipARTISAN support is crucial in a narrowly divided Senate, and that Congress controls the purse strings. Democrats have criticized the budget as <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >favoring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-institute-of-peace-says-doge-broke-into-its-building-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"US Institute of Peace says DOGE \u2018broke\u2019 into its building - Washington Examiner\">costly foreign wars<\/a><\/a>, while Collins urged colleagues on the other side to work with Republicans to govern responsibly.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Collins knocks Trump&rsquo;s budget proposal: &lsquo;Several shortcomings&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2551257\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/susan-collins\/\">Susan Collins<\/a> (R-ME) criticized President Donald Trump&rsquo;s newly released <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/budgets\/\">budget<\/a> proposal on Friday evening, signaling his agenda faces an uphill battle in the upper chamber.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While there are some improvements over last year&rsquo;s domestic discretionary budget request,&rdquo; Collins wrote <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenatorCollins\/status\/2040177020433268893\">in a statement<\/a> to X, &ldquo;the request has several shortcomings.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Office of Management and Budget&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/omb\/information-resources\/budget\/\">$2.2 trillion proposal <\/a>for fiscal 2027, released Friday morning, nearly doubles the defense budget, while cutting some domestic spending.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>As the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/appropriations-committee\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3363\">Senate Appropriations Committee<\/a> Chair, gaining Collins&rsquo; support will be crucial for the White House, as Republicans hold only a narrow majority in the upper chamber, making passage of more partisan legislation difficult without all GOP members on board. But the Maine senator, a moderate lawmaker known to buck Trump at times, reiterated this week that she is scrutinizing the budget request for reforms, noting that &ldquo;while the Administration proposes a budget, Congress holds the power of the purse.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4515617\/six-things-trump-budget-proposal\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4515617\/six-things-trump-budget-proposal\/\"><strong>SIX THINGS IN THE TRUMP BUDGET PROPOSAL YOU MAY NOT HAVE NOTICED<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Collins expressed unease that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-plan-to-give-forgivable-loans-to-black-men-would-collide-with-constitution-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Harris plan to give forgivable loans to black men would collide with Constitution - Washington Examiner\">proposal&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s defense provisions don&rsquo;t include enough of a boost to the U.S. Navy, leaving it &ldquo;insufficient to counter the ever-growing Chinese fleet, which now exceeds the size of the American Navy.&rdquo; She also criticized proposed cuts to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice-department\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"167\">Justice Department&rsquo;s Job Corps program<\/a>, which the administration said would save $1.6 billion, calling that and other domestic initiatives on the chopping block &ldquo;proven programs that I strongly support.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Senate Appropriations Committee will now hold hearings with Cabinet members and agency heads to review these recommendations and to explore other fiscally responsible proposals,&rdquo; Collins said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; height: 0px; padding: 100% 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; will-change: transform;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/89706c71-b3a5-409a-926a-cc3132ef2339?src=embed&amp;embed_type=responsive_iframe\" title=\"Copy: Trump 2027 budget request \" allowfullscreen allow=\"fullscreen\" style=\"position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; top: 0px; left: 0px; border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Democrats have already thrown their weight against the budget proposal, arguing it favors funding &ldquo;costly foreign wars,&rdquo; as Washington&rsquo;s military operation against Iran stretches into its fifth week.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Donald Trump might be happy to spend more money on bombs in the Middle East than on families here in America&mdash;but I am not. The only responsible thing to do with a budget this morally bankrupt is to toss it in the trash,&rdquo; vice chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/patty-murray\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2065\">Patty Murray<\/a> (D-WA), <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PattyMurray\/status\/2040089469668270142\">said<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Collins urged disgruntled Democrats to work with Republicans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I hope my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, who too often worked over the last year to impede the appropriations process and shut down federal agencies, will abandon their harmful tactics and work with us to govern responsibly,&rdquo; she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Collins finds Trump budget lacking; cites flaws<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2587043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25280731720658-e1775272202611.jpg?w=683","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[4463,9762,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2587042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-budget","tag-collins","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25280731720658-e1775272202611.jpg?w=683","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2587042"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2587046,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587042\/revisions\/2587046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2587043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2587042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2587042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2587042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}