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The White House is proposing heavy cuts to non-defense spending in its new budget proposal.
As NPR's Daniel Kurtzleben reports, President Trump's budget proposal is not binding.
The Trump White House wants to cut $163 billion in non-defense discretionary spending.
That's spending across a wide range of areas,
science research, education, and transportation, for example.
An Office of Management and Budget spokesperson confirmed the numbers,
which were first reported by the Wall Street Journal.
The proposed cuts would be a nearly 23 percent drop from current spending,
according to the White House.
The president's budget is merely a proposal.
Congress passes spending bills.
But this year,
with Trump attempting to shrink government via executive order and his Department of Government efficiency,