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↵↵As part of the reconciliation package, lawmakers approved $153.3 billion in funding for defense, bringing the defense budget to $1 trillion for the current fiscal year.
↵↵The potential for the military budget to meet or exceed $1 trillion in fiscal 2026 has defense hawks pleased, even if the authorized level does not meet the $924.7 billion that the Senate had endorsed
↵↵After finally bringing a 43-day partial government shutdown to an end, Senate leaders were eager to get going on long-delayed appropriations work for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, which the committee will mark up in a daylong session on Wednesday, would authorize $802.4 billion for national defense in the fiscal year starting Oct. 1.
It is not known whether the Ukraine war and inflation will still be raging during the time the fiscal 2023 bill would presumably be in effect, if it were enacted on time — that is, from Oct. 1, 2022
“They’ve moved more troops in, No. 1. No. 2, we have reason to believe they are engaged in a false flag operation.
The Congressional Black Caucus also backed her bid for the No. 1 slot at OMB.
Big winners Among the biggest winners is the Education Department, which would receive a 40.8 percent increase in base funding for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.
[jwp-video n=”1″] House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash., called Esper’s firing “destabilizing” and said it is “imperative that the Pentagon remain under stable, experienced leadership