Trump spending taxpayer dollars like a drunken sailor.
Wars, and the deficit, were never important to MAGA. The "Golden Dome", because Trump can't get himself enough fools gold.
Comparisons to ancient Rome are valid, at least during the Third Century.
The Republican-led House Armed Services Committee introduced the first draft of its marquee defense policy bill Tuesday, authorizing a record $1.14 trillion in military spending for the coming fiscal year.
The bill, which at this stage serves as an outline of committee leadership’s priorities, mostly focuses on measures to grow the U.S. defense industry — a goal that has grown more urgent as the Pentagon seeks to replace the thousands of munitions it has fired during the Iran war.
The vast sum of money is consistent with President Donald Trump’s call for $1.5 trillion in defense spending to rapidly expand the Pentagon’s arsenal of precision weapons and fund signature Trump projects, such as the Golden Dome missile defense shield and a fleet of battleships for the Navy.
At the administration’s urging, Republicans in Congress plan to split the annual defense budget into two bills, with another $350 billion in proposed spending — for administration priorities such as shipbuilding and munitions — to be debated and voted on separately through a process called reconciliation.
This approach could allow the GOP to pass the $350 billion package without the support of Democrats in the Senate, which otherwise requires a 60-vote threshold for legislation to be approved.
Some Republicans have publicly questioned the administration’s strategy, arguing that a reconciliation package faces a greater chance of failing than the annual Pentagon budget does, potentially jeopardizing important military programs.
Senate lawmakers are expected to introduce their version of the bill later this summer. Each chamber will have to pass its own legislation and then reconcile the two bills into a single piece of legislation to be approved later this year.
The bill arrives at a moment of intense bipartisan frustration with the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce America’s military presence in Europe. Democrats and many Republicans have criticized the Pentagon for cutting its number of troops on the continent as Russia continues its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, now in its fifth year.
WaPo
Wars, and the deficit, were never important to MAGA. The "Golden Dome", because Trump can't get himself enough fools gold.
Comparisons to ancient Rome are valid, at least during the Third Century.
The Republican-led House Armed Services Committee introduced the first draft of its marquee defense policy bill Tuesday, authorizing a record $1.14 trillion in military spending for the coming fiscal year.
The bill, which at this stage serves as an outline of committee leadership’s priorities, mostly focuses on measures to grow the U.S. defense industry — a goal that has grown more urgent as the Pentagon seeks to replace the thousands of munitions it has fired during the Iran war.
The vast sum of money is consistent with President Donald Trump’s call for $1.5 trillion in defense spending to rapidly expand the Pentagon’s arsenal of precision weapons and fund signature Trump projects, such as the Golden Dome missile defense shield and a fleet of battleships for the Navy.
At the administration’s urging, Republicans in Congress plan to split the annual defense budget into two bills, with another $350 billion in proposed spending — for administration priorities such as shipbuilding and munitions — to be debated and voted on separately through a process called reconciliation.
This approach could allow the GOP to pass the $350 billion package without the support of Democrats in the Senate, which otherwise requires a 60-vote threshold for legislation to be approved.
Some Republicans have publicly questioned the administration’s strategy, arguing that a reconciliation package faces a greater chance of failing than the annual Pentagon budget does, potentially jeopardizing important military programs.
Senate lawmakers are expected to introduce their version of the bill later this summer. Each chamber will have to pass its own legislation and then reconcile the two bills into a single piece of legislation to be approved later this year.
The bill arrives at a moment of intense bipartisan frustration with the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce America’s military presence in Europe. Democrats and many Republicans have criticized the Pentagon for cutting its number of troops on the continent as Russia continues its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, now in its fifth year.
WaPo
