House Committee Advances $150 Billion Bill for Top Military Projects

The House Armed Services Committee advanced a supplemental spending plan on April 29, lining up approximately $150 billion in new funding to support several of President Donald Trump’s top military priorities. Committee members voted 35–21 to pass the military spending proposal during a markup hearing. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) unveiled the $150 billion supplemental spending proposal on April 27. Congressional Republicans prepared this new funding legislation as a reconciliation bill. The reconciliation process allows Congress to pass legislation concerning taxation and government spending without having to gain the 60 Senate votes needed to invoke cloture and avoid a filibuster....