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Lawmakers Frustrated by Lack of Details for Trump’s Defense Budget
« on: May 15, 2025, 01:28:00 pm »
 
Lawmakers Frustrated by Lack of Details for Trump’s Defense Budget
May 14, 2025 | By Chris Gordon

Senior U.S. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle expressed frustration that they are being cut out of some of the Trump administration’s most central decisions on military policy and spending, namely the budget reconciliation process and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plans to slash the number of generals.

“We’re into a new, very complicated situation, which we’re trying to understand frankly,” Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, told reporters during a Defense Writers Group event May 14. “We haven’t got yet a very clear plan of what they’re doing.”


One immediate concern involves efforts to boost defense spending through a process known as budget reconciliation. Congressional leaders of the Senate and House committees that authorize military spending have legislated $150 billion in add-on spending.

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/lawmakers-frustrated-lack-defense-budget-details-trump/
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Re: Lawmakers Frustrated by Lack of Details for Trump’s Defense Budget
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2025, 01:29:57 pm »
I understand!  Whatever information is provided will be given by democrats to Mark Milley who will pass it on to his close allies in China. :whistle:
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