Pelosi maneuvered deftly through the negotiations to secure a deal that won Democrats one of their top priorities: a significant increase in domestic spending.

…Pelosi also managed to break the “parity” principle that has defined budget negotiations for the better part of a decade. Under the principle, defense and nondefense spending is supposed to match dollar for dollar.

But in this deal, the increase in defense spending is $5 billion less than the increase in nondefense spending. That’s important for Pelosi, whose caucus includes progressives balking at greater and greater defense spending.

…If Mnuchin emerged as a winner, Trump’s acting chief of staff was the loser.

Mulvaney saw himself sidelined in the budget negotiations after calling for deep cuts to nondefense spending. Even congressional Republicans balked at Mulvaney’s proposal, which would have brought back automatic spending cuts known as the sequester.

Winners and losers in the Trump-Pelosi budget deal | TheHill

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