Senate Passes $675 Billion Defense Budget Bill

[Swordsmyth]

Senators on Thursday advanced an $857 billion appropriations measure that includes full defense funding for fiscal 2019 and raises hopes that Congress may be able to avoid a government shutdown or short-term budget extension for Pentagon programs this fall. The measure, which passed 85-7, includes money for the departments of defense, health and human services, labor and education. The so-called “minibus” of appropriations bills was touted by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as making America “stronger overseas and right here at home.”


Of the total, $675 billion would be set aside for military spending next year, including nearly $68 billion in overseas contingency funds. The levels are in line with the recently adopted defense authorization bill and the budget deal reached by Democrats and Republicans last spring.


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[kpitcher]

THe military industrial complex must love a pay raise

[RonZeplin]

Is $68B enough to ensure that they throw rose petals at our feet after WW3?

Of the total, $675 billion would be set aside for military spending next year, including nearly $68 billion in overseas contingency funds. The levels are in line with the recently adopted defense authorization bill and the budget deal reached by Democrats and Republicans last spring.


More at: https://www.militarytimes.com/news/p...se-next-month/

[Zippyjuan]

No funds yet for Homeland Security or Trump's wall. Current money runs out in September and Trump has threatened a shutdown if he doesn't get what he wants.

[AZJoe]