As U.S. budget fight looms Republicans flip their fiscal script
President Donald Trump and his Republicans want a big budget increase in military spending  while Democrats also want proportional increases for non-defense âdiscretionaryâ spending on programs that support education  scientific research  infrastructure  public health and environmental protection.
 Trump  in September put a March 2018 expiration date on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals  or DACA  program  which protects the young immigrants from deportation and provides them with work permits.
 The president  has said in recent Twitter messages  he  wants funding for  his  proposed Mexican border wall and other immigration law changes in exchange for agreeing to help the Dreamers.
On Wednesday   Trump  aides will meet with congressional leaders to discuss those issues. That will be followed by a weekend of strategy sessions for  Trump  and Republican leaders on Jan. 6 and 7  the White House said.
 Trump  was also scheduled to meet on Sunday with Florida Republican Governor Rick Scott  who wants more emergency aid. The House has passed an $81 billion aid package after hurricanes in Florida  Texas and Puerto Rico  and wildfires in California. The package far exceeded the $44 billion requested by the  Trump  administration. The Senate has not yet voted on the aid.
President  [TGT]  and his Republicans want a big budget increase in military spending  while Democrats also want proportional increases for non-defense âdiscretionaryâ spending on programs that support education  scientific research  infrastructure  public health and environmental protection.
 Trump  in September put a March 2018 expiration date on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals  or DACA  program  which protects the young immigrants from deportation and provides them with work permits.
 The president  has said in recent Twitter messages  he  wants funding for  his  proposed Mexican border wall and other immigration law changes in exchange for agreeing to help the Dreamers.
On Wednesday   Trump  aides will meet with congressional leaders to discuss those issues. That will be followed by a weekend of strategy sessions for  Trump  and Republican leaders on Jan. 6 and 7  the White House said.
 Trump  was also scheduled to meet on Sunday with Florida Republican Governor Rick Scott  who wants more emergency aid. The House has passed an $81 billion aid package after hurricanes in Florida  Texas and Puerto Rico  and wildfires in California. The package far exceeded the $44 billion requested by the  Trump  administration. The Senate has not yet voted on the aid.