To pay for a $54 billion increase in defense spending, a down payment on the border wall and school voucher programs, among other things, funding would be cut from other agencies and departments. The Environmental Protection Agency, the State Department and the Agriculture Department took the hardest hits.

The proposal also eliminates funding for 19 other agencies, including the National Endowment for the Arts and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports public television and radio, including PBS and NPR.
 
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What Trump's proposed budget would mean for each federal agency
To pay for a $54 billion increase in defense spending, a down payment on the border wall and school voucher programs, among other things, funding would be cut from other agencies and departments. The Environmental Protection Agency, the State Department and the Agriculture Department took the hardest hits.

The proposal also eliminates funding for 19 other agencies, including the National Endowment for the Arts and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports public television and radio, including PBS and NPR.
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