defense funding
Coverage of defense funding in the Nexus archive.
- GOP divided on pursuing third reconciliation amid election tensions
Republicans are divided over pursuing a third party-line spending package, with some lawmakers skeptical of its passage in an election year. The package aims to include defense funding and fraud prevention measures.
- GOP divided on pursuing third reconciliation amid election tensions
Republicans are divided over pursuing a third party-line spending package, with some lawmakers skeptical of its passage in an election year. GOP leaders aim to include defense funding and fraud prevention in the package.
- ‘Not an option’: Top Senate defense appropriator says third reconciliation bill unlikely
Sens. Mitch McConnell and Susan Collins, top Senate defense appropriators, expressed doubt that a third reconciliation bill with defense funding will pass. The bill is described as 'not an option' by a key Senate figure.
- White House budget director Vought declines to tell senators cost of Iran war
Russell Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, refused to provide senators with an estimated cost of military operations against Iran during a hearing. He mentioned the White House is preparing a defense funding request but did not disclose specific figures.