How many fighters, troops, ships our military should have and the pay raise our troops get. Of thisl be the center debate this coming week. The House Armed ServicesCommittee Approved it in committee after a 21 Hour Committee meeting last month. Up for some spirited debate on the house floor. What are some key provisions in this years bill . The highlights of the house version of the bill is that it 733 billionize dollars for the pentagon across its budget. Ware operations operations and nuclear programs. That is less than the administration wanted. Point between democrats and republicans in the house as well. It notably blocks the military nuclearloying these new weapons that would be submarine launched. Fromso blocks the military funding a border wall or border barrier that is in opposition to president trumps policy. Create a rare alignment with the Trump Administration and a new military Service Based around space to get the pentagon to prioritize space issues. Tell us about what actions have been taking place already in the senate and how it compares to the house version. In the senate, the Senate Approved its version with overwhelming support area and there were not a lot of amendments based on an inability to agree but there are some key differences with the house bill. Republicans in the senate want to spend 750 billion on National Defense for the coming year. It does not have a lot of those restrictions that democrats want to place on funding for a border wall or allowing for the transfer of detainees to Guantanamo Bay or from Guantanamo Bay to the united states. Democrats had also pushed for a vote on an amendment to limit president trumps ability to take military action against iran without congressional intervention. Not in the that is bill however that is expected to be a major issue of debate on the house floor this coming week. It could be an issue in the Conference Committee if it is adopted. How do you see the house and senate coming to agreement . Republicans want much more funding. In the house, it looks to be a very narrow road to passage. Onublicans are not keen supporting this bill. They have a lot of issues with it. In Committee Last month, all but two republicans opposed this bill. It does not appear that there will be many changes to the bill that will bring them on board. Ore increasing the budget changing provisions related to the border, guantanamo and nuclear weapons. To adam smith about this. He cannot count on while he is working with republicans, he cannot count on a lot of support from them. Looks like republicans republicans will have to pass this with democrats. That means making some concessions to progressives. A big one is going to be an iran amendment. Two congressmen have this amendment with a group of lawmakers from both parties to stymie trumps ability to take military action against iran. Barbara lee from california has an amendment to reduce the overall spending in the bill back down to the current levels cutting it by 16 billion. It seems they are going to try to give progressives some votes. After last weeks border supplemental fiasco where progressives were irate after nancy pelosi took the senates version of the bill after they had worked to get progressives on board, you have to imagine it will be tough for progressives to want to support a bill that is 733which is far above anythy want or would support. Appreciate it and all your insights. We will continue to follow you on twitter. And you are reporting at politico. Com. Thank you so much. Guest thank you. We have been planning to bring you coverage of a meeting of the group christians united for israel with remarks from secretary of state mike pompeo and National Security advisor john bolton. We are having some technical issues with our signal. We hope to have that results pretty quickly. When we do, we will bring it to you live here on cspan. Until then, some of this mornings washington journal. Host joining us now this morning from seattle, gary locke, the former u. S