BUDGET // Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that Trump’s first budget proposal will spare Social Security and Medicare from any cuts. http://cvote.it/2mu5Aep
HEALTH CARE // A draft Republican bill to repeal Obamacare has been leaked. The replacement plan reduces subsidies, takes out the individual mandate, and scraps the Medicaid expansion. But the Republican plan would maintain some elements supported by Obama, including the “Cadillac” tax on more generous health plans. http://cvote.it/2mtUBBS
CONGRESS // President Trump will address a joint session of Congress tomorrow night. GOP insiders say he may not be in the mood to play nice. http://cvote.it/2mu7P1B
MONDAY MOTIVATION // “The most powerful weapon to conquer the devil is humility. For, as he does not know at all how to employ it, neither does he know how to defend himself from it.” -Saint Vincent de Paul
MARKETING // Conservative activist Grover Norquist says that on regulatory reform, Trump is ‘out-Reaganing Reagan.’ http://cvote.it/2mu1WRL
MILITARY // Trump wants to raise military spending, but cut everywhere else. http://cvote.it/2mtM4yC
CATHOLIC // Spirit of 79: The number of Americans proposed for sainthood. http://cvote.it/2mu7Pyv
CATHOLIC // The Vatican seeks to copyright the use of the image of Pope Francis. http://cvote.it/2mtXJxF
SAINT // Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows – http://cvote.it/dailysaint
DAILY MASS // “Let the just exult and rejoice in the Lord.” (Ps 32:11) – http://cvote.it/Daily-Readings
HUMOR // If mothers actually talked the way pro-choicers do about their babies. http://cvote.it/2mu39IX