Joe gould is congressional reporter with defense news. What is in the version, the 2018 version approved by the House Armed Services committee . In this case they authorized about 56 billion in funding and 696 billion in funding and related provisions for the pentagon. At 696 billion figure, it exceeds the cap set in the budget control act. How will congress reconcile that . That is a huge question. The budget cap for defense, the number is 549 billion. So what it would take to ease the spending caps is a change in the law, and a change in the law takes 60 votes in the senate, and 60 votes in the senate takes Senate Democrats. So what we know is that if Senate Democrats have leverage, they are likely to press for more on the nondefense budget which is likely to lower the defense side of the budget. Thats 596 billion number we are talking about is likely to come down. Lets go to investments, what does this bill called for in terms of ships and planes . What we have heard from the white
About 696 billion dollars in defense funding and related policy decisions for the pentagon. That 696 million figure exceeds the caps in the budget control act. How will congress reconcile that . Huge question. Hugeumber that is a question. It is 596 million. What it would take to ease the spending cap is a change in the law. 60 votes in the senate takes Senate Democrats. What we know is that if Senate Democrats have leverage in this deal, they are likely to press. Which is likely to lower the defense side of the budget. So the 596 number we are talking about is likely. What sort of investments does and bill call for in ships planes and things like that . What we afford from the white and onfrom the president the campaign trail about a largescale military buildup, we dont really see that in this bill. Aboutite house number was 603 billion excluding wartime funds. Republicans that actually criticized it as too little we do see a number of jets, and other items that exceed what President
About 696 billion dollars in defense funding and related policy decisions for the pentagon. That 696 million figure exceeds the caps in the budget control act. How will congress reconcile that . Huge question. Hugeumber that is a question. It is 596 million. What it would take to ease the spending cap is a change in the law. 60 votes in the senate takes Senate Democrats. What we know is that if Senate Democrats have leverage in this deal, they are likely to press. Which is likely to lower the defense side of the budget. So the 596 number we are talking about is likely. What sort of investments does and bill call for in ships planes and things like that . What we afford from the white and onfrom the president the campaign trail about a largescale military buildup, we dont really see that in this bill. Aboutite house number was 603 billion excluding wartime funds. Republicans that actually criticized it as too little we do see a number of jets, and other items that exceed what President
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