Notations On Our World (Special @POTUS Watch Edition): On Healthcare & the Budget

As President Trump continues his travels, the challenges in Washington continue.   The Congressional Budget has just scored the American Healthcare Act:

New From CBO H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017 CBO and JCT estimate that enacting the American Health Care Act would reduce federal deficits by $119 billion over the coming decade and increase the number of people who are uninsured by 23 million in 2026 relative to current law.

This is Congressman Mark Sanford noted his profound reservations about the Budget as reported by the Washington Post:

A Freedom Caucus Republican says the foundation of the Trump budget is ‘a lie’

"What it does is it perpetuates a myth that we can go out there and balance a budget without touching entitlements,” said Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) at a House Budget Committee hearing. “It's not only a myth, it's frankly a lie."

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