vaping products. the defense package adds $22 billion more to defense spending compared to the last fiscal year. it makes the space force the sixth branch of the military and the biggest pay increase. 3.1% raise. increased spending for a border wall system something that democrats fought against. and includes $1.3 billion for that and gives the president more flexibility on where he can build that wall. democrats also secured some wins. $22 billion for gun violence research. $208 million more for the epa. budget hawks are not winning through this deal. just repealing those three obamacare taxes alone, the cboe estimates that will add $400 million to the deficit over ten years. neil: among those not a fan of what is going on on the spinning front is mike who joins me right now.
at the senior levels of the military they understand how erratic the president is and try to shield the military from that. they had more success when jim mattis was secretary of defense. now with mark esper, it seems he s more willing to do trump s bidding. and i fear that will do long-term damage to the professionalism and the apolitical ethos of the military. kwquickly, i want to get to your op-ed in which you skewered the republican party for its undying loyalty to the president. he keeps handing them one poisoned chalice after another. they get judicial appointments but trump s law breaking undermines any conservative claim to be defenders of the constitution. they get tax cuts but the resulting deficits undermine any conservative claims to be budget hawks. by backing israel s annexation of the palestinian territories, trump is undermining its future as a democracy. they get to keep power for the time being but his unethical and
avoid a government shutdown, and it followed intense negotiations led by nancy pelosi and steven mnuchin. it is expected to clear both the house and the senate before lawmakers leave for their august recess. though it is likely to face considerable pushback from conservatives and budget hawks under the plan the debt limit will be suspended until july 31, 2021. and automatic spending cuts that would have kicked in without a deal will be halted. the pentagon s budget will be increased by $22 billion to $238 billion next fiscal year. the plan will also boost nondefense spending by $27 billion to $632 billion. while president trump is touting the deal as a victory, it will mean more red ink for an already ballooning deficit. before the deal he was facing a
those affected by it. reporter: now know full well being up here day in and day out even things that seem easy to pass are much more complicated than that. this bill, what it comes down once again is money. even though this bill is expected to pass and it passed with just 12 defections in the house of representatives. there was still some protests about this legislation and they are coming from budget hawks including senator rand paul who is saying that they want he wants an offset. what that is is taking money from another program to actually fund this bill so it doesn t add to the debt or deficit and here is what rand paul had to say about that recently. as of today the fund in question has $2 billion in it and no one, no one is being
though, it s likely to face considerably push back from conservatives and budget hawks. under the plan, the debt limit will be suspended until july 21, 2021. t pentagon budget will increase to $22 billion to $738 billion next fiscal year. the plan will boost nondefense spending by $27 billion to $632 billion. a victory for democrats. that money will also have to cover extra census costs and a short fall in veteran affairs funding. the deal could be a major blow to the acting chief white house staff. according to reports, he has been largely sidelined by the talks of those who don t like the spening caps.