Implode-o-Meter News - Trump Picks Fiscal Conservative Hawk Mulvaney As Budget Director

The move, which will raise eyebrows among those who expect an unprecedented fiscal expansion under Trump, pits Mulvaney, a true fiscal conservative, in charge of government spending, following repeated alarms about the long-term trajectory of the debt, even as annual deficits have fallen in recent years despite a recent sharp spike during the final months of the Obama administration. He has criticized the use of special war funds to get around caps on defense spending and in past years has suggested that tax increases might be necessary to stabilize the debt, a stance anathema to many conservatives.
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Mulvaney, 49, was an outspoken critic of John Boehner, and was one of the conservatives credited with forcing the former House Speaker to resign in fall 2015 rather than bow to the party's Freedom Caucus flank and lead the House into another government shutdown. Mulvaney, who came to office as part of the 2010 Tea Party wave, has frequently allied himself with the most conservative members of the House and co-founded the House Freedom Caucus that has frequently bucked Republican leadership on spending bills, the Washington Examiner reports.

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Trump Picks Fiscal Conservative Hawk Mulvaney As Budget Director