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Pentagon set to sell GOP lawmakers on funding goals |
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to give a classified briefing to a group of House Republicans on military funding goals on Wednesday.
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The briefing comes as President Trump is pushing Congress to pass a $350 billion reconciliation package for the Pentagon.
The Pentagon chief will be at the Republican Study Committee’s (RSC) weekly members-only lunch, and defense funding through budget reconciliation is one of the anticipated topics, a source familiar with the meeting told The Hill on Monday.
House GOP lawmakers are also expected to ask Hegseth about the administration’s ongoing negotiations with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the country’s nuclear program.
Some Senate Republicans have balked at Trump's demand to to utilize the reconciliation process a third time to inject another $350 billion of defense spending for the Defense Department (DOD).
“We don’t want to have another vote-a-rama. The last vote-a-rama about broke our backs. It was way too long. We ended up right where we started, and it’s frustrating for our own members,” one Senate Republican told The Hill.
Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee Chair Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), earlier this month expressed that a third reconciliation package has little chance of passing, noting that "it’s safe to conclude there will not be another."
And Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said he supports more spending for DOD, but noted earlier this month that “it’s going to be an enormously heavy lift in this environment to get that done, particularly with just Republican votes.”
Read the full report at thehill.com.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will give a classified briefing to a group of House Republicans on military funding goals on Wednesday, as President Trump is pushing Congress to pass a $350 billion reconciliation package for the Pentagon. The Pentagon chief will be at the Republican Study Committee’s weekly members-only lunch, and defense funding through budget reconciliation is one of the anticipated topics, a source …
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Upcoming things we’re watching on our beat:
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- The Association of the U.S. Army will hear from Gen. Ron Clark, commanding general of U.S. Army Pacific, at 6:30 a.m. tomorrow.
- The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies will discuss “What does space superiority really mean?” tomorrow at 11 a.m.
- The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft will have a conversation on "Will the Iran War Accelerate US Efforts to Craft an Independent Foreign Policy?” at 12:00 p.m. tomorrow.
- Foreign Policy will have a discussion on “Deciphering the U.S.-Iran deal,” tomorrow at 12:00 p.m.
- A Senate Armed Services subcommittee will hold a hearing on the F-35 aircraft program at 4:15 p.m. tomorrow.
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