Storm clouds await Pentagon’s request for defense industry cash injection
By: Joe Gould  
WASHINGTON ― Though the Pentagon is hunting for billions of dollars in a future package to combat the coronavirus pandemic, it looks like the next massive relief bill will be swamped in a partisan fight.
The Pentagon announced it’s seeking the funds to prop up the military’s network of suppliers following $3 billion in new “progress payments" to increase cash flow to primary contractors and more vulnerable, smaller subcontractors. The details have yet to be disclosed as the Defense Department works through them with the White House budget office.
But last week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he wants to “push the pause button†on the next aid package and, because Democrats aim to center it on bailouts for states hit hard by the pandemic, “move “cautiously.â€
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