flew quietly under the radar like an f-32 stealth bomber when it works. it authorized $740 billion for the defense department. $768 billion total. president biden submitted a $715 billion budget to congress for the defense department to which members of both parties said as if and just threw in $25 billion extra that they found under the couch cushions presumably. yeah, in a supposedly divided congress, they gave bipartisan support to spend more money on bombs and bullets, humvees and fighter jets. look at the future projection on this graph. defense spending goes up in the ten years from 2025 to 2035. it s a regrettable fact of life in america that we argue over funding for health care and to address child hunger and to, you know, save the planet s ability to sustain human life but hey, quickly and quietly passing
i m mehdi hasan. september was supposed to be the month in which congress passed hundreds of billions of dollars in new spending and guess what? the house did. by a vote of 316-113. now you might be scratching your head and saying didn t the bipartisan infrastructure bill fail to come to a vote on thursday night? isn t the budget reconciliation bill nowhere near ready for a vote? you re right on both counts. i m not talking about those bills. i m talking about a bill that flew quietly under the radar in the house like a stealth bomber on the occasions in which it actually works. a bill which authorized $740 billion for the defense department. $768 billion total for defense. ka ching ka ching. see president biden submitted a $715 billion budget to congress for the defense department to which members of both parties said, as if. and just threw in $25 billion extra they found under the couch cushions presumably.
account specifically for afghanistan and restricting iran from aiding the taliban. now expect a lot of pushback from democrats and how much money will go to defense. the senate armed services committee added $25 billion to president biden s $715 billion proposal. on monday, though, 27 democrats sent a letter to the house armed services chairman requesting the ndaa not exceed the president s offer. they are arguing that right now america s largest national security threat is actually a global pandemic. but ranking member mike rogers told me yesterday he thinks he will get bipartisan support on this. i know there is a large percentage of the democrat members of our committee that vigorously opposed the biden administration s policy to leave afghanistan and even a bigger majority of democrats who opposed doing it the way it was done. so i expect you to see some
amounts to the national defense authorization markup that is happening right now. this includes what equipment was left behind, creating a counter terrorism accounts, restricting iran from aiding the taliban and blocking the president and his administration from handing any taxpayer dollars to the taliban. this comes as general milley just said that it is possible for the u.s. to work with the taliban against isis in afghanistan. republicans pushing back on legitimizing the taliban government. i want to make sure we re talking to other nations and saying don t formally recognize the taliban. they can t be trusted. don t provide them the opportunities to gain resources to do things that we know they ve done in the past. i believe they will continue to do in the future. martha, some democrats have taken issue with how much money will go to defense. a senate armed services committee added $25 billion to president biden s 715 billion
that certainly is my expectation and my hope. i think we will be able to lay down the bill later today. and begin, perhaps, consideration of some amendments. my hope is that we ll finish the bill by the end of the week. and will it have at least 10 republican senators to vote for it? i believe that it will. this bill is good for america. and here with me now, the chairman of the house transportation and infrastructure committee, oregon democrat peter defauz ya. thank you so much for taking time to talk with us today. the house passed a bill you sponsored earlier this month. it was 715 billion in spending. and i know you were hoping that would be a template for the senate version. the bipartisan group has written its own language, and you ve been critical of this bipartisan agreement. explain to us why. well, i set out for several major objectives to rebuild the