Less ships, more bombs: Senate unveils its version of $150B defense reconciliation package
"The House and Senate are very, very close in the provisions,” SASC Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., told reporters. But there are differences.
House narrowly passes reconciliation bill with $150B for defense
Funding contained in the bill is required for the Trump administration to hit $1 trillion in defense spending in fiscal 2026.
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Trump administration to request $1T defense budget using reconciliation funds
Some Republican defense hawks in Congress are already expressing disappointment for the plan, with Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker outright stating that the administration “is not requesting a trillion dollar budget."
L3Harris hopes reconciliation dollars for commercial tech will fund subscription-based models
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Video: The Weekly Break Out Ep. 15: Pentagon reconciles itself to spending $150B extra
Aaron Mehta and Lee Ferran walk through the reconciliation process, and then discuss global international defense spending.
Shipbuilding, Golden Dome and munitions win big as GOP unveils $150B bill to boost defense
HASC will take up the bill on Tuesday in a marathon markup session that will allow Democrats the opportunity to amend the measure.
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$150B defense boost in reconciliation bill to ‘immediately’ go towards Golden Dome, shipbuilding
"We intend to get this money out the door very quickly, working with the administration," said one senior congressional official.
Congress approved a budget blueprint with up to $150B extra for defense. Now comes the hard part.
The House and Senate armed services committees have been directed to figure out how to spend extra defense funding, but have been given different monetary targets.
DoD should use likely $100B-plus reconciliation money on downrange needs: Wittman
"Obviously we need to be building submarines, ramping those things up, but it's also about getting those dollars out there for these attributable, expendable systems.” said Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va.
Additional defense funds in reconciliation bill ‘may not be enough’: SASC chairman
“The real flaw in in the CR that we'll be voting on later this week is that it doesn't provide enough money, regardless of the anomalies and the tiny plus ups here and there,” Sen. Roger Wicker said during a SASC readiness subcommittee hearing.
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House unveils budget plan with $100B boost for defense
Unlike the Senate — which opted for a two-bill strategy that starts with approving additional funds for defense, border security and energy — the House is pursuing what Trump has called “one beautiful bill” that would also raise the debt limit, and include tax cuts and government spending cuts.
Senate Republicans release budget plan with $150B more for defense
The new budget resolution tees up a separate process for the Senate and the House as the two legislative bodies grapple over how best to enact President Donald Trump’s policy agenda.
EXCLUSIVE: New SASC chair sets sight on $200B defense boost, major acquisition reform push
“I hope and believe that President Trump's pledge to restore peace through strength so that we can avoid conflict is going to be followed through with adequate funding,” Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Roger Wicker told Breaking Defense in an exclusive interview.