Tenure Mick_Mulvaney

1 tenure

1.1 government shutdown
1.2 regulations
1.3 fiscal year 2014 budget
1.4 presidential endorsements

tenure

during time in u.s. house, mulvaney aligned himself tea party movement. founding member of freedom caucus.

he opposed gun control initiatives , affordable care act.

government shutdown

according new york times, mulvaney took hard line on spending during president obama’s term, vowing not raise nation’s debt limit , embracing term shutdown caucus because of willingness shut government down instead. in 2015, mulvaney voted against government-funding resolution, have prevented government shutdown, in part because included funding planned parenthood. explaining vote, mulvaney said, not women s health. it’s trafficking in pieces of dead children. after appointment head of omb in 2017, reiterated conditional position of support shutdown.

regulations

mulvaney supported regulatory improvement act of 2015, have [created] commission tasked eliminating , revising outdated , redundant federal regulations.

fiscal year 2014 budget

on december 10, 2013, republican representative paul ryan , democratic senator patty murray announced had negotiated bipartisan budget act of 2013, proposed two-year budget deal. budget deal capped federal government s spending fiscal year 2014 @ $1.012 trillion , fiscal year 2015 @ $1.014.

the proposed deal eliminated of spending cuts required sequester $45 billion of cuts scheduled happen in january , $18 billion of cuts scheduled happen in 2015. did not decrease federal spending; instead, reducing amount of spending cuts government going forced make sequester, increased government spending $45 billion , $18 billion on have been spent had sequester remained in place. republicans wanted speaker john boehner pursue temporary measure cover rest of fiscal year 2014 @ level set sequester – $967 billion, rather pass budget deal, have $45 billion in additional spending.

the deal designed make increase in spending raising airline fees , changing pension contribution requirements of new federal workers. according hill, mulvaney spearheaded opposition bill. did not blame ryan budget deal, instead saying problem few conservatives had been elected congress pass budget greater focus on debt reduction. mulvaney said expected budget deal pass because designed support of defense hawks , appropriators , democrats , not conservatives.

on april 9, 2014, mulvaney offered proposal based on obama proposal substitute amendment in order force vote on president s budget request. president s proposal failed in vote of 2–413, although democrats urged leadership vote against political stunt.

presidential endorsements

mulvaney speaking @ campaign event senator rand paul in spartanburg, south carolina in september 2015.

in september 2015, mulvaney endorsed kentucky senator rand paul in 2016 republican party presidential primaries.