{"id":54721,"date":"2019-07-25T21:13:49","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T21:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/07\/25\/budget-deal-advances-despite-gop-worries-over-costs-smaller-boost-for-military\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:04:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:04:06","slug":"budget-deal-advances-despite-gop-worries-over-costs-smaller-boost-for-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/veterans\/2019\/07\/25\/budget-deal-advances-despite-gop-worries-over-costs-smaller-boost-for-military\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget deal advances despite GOP worries over costs, smaller boost for military"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House lawmakers on Thursday advanced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/07\/22\/deal-sealed-on-federal-budget-ensuring-no-shutdown-default\/\" target=\"_blank\">two-year, $2.7 trillion budget plan<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/07\/23\/budget-deal-gives-a-big-funding-boost-to-defense-but-republicans-wanted-more\/\" target=\"_blank\">$738 billion in military funding<\/a> in fiscal 2020 over the objections of conservative colleagues who objected to the increased federal spending levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The measure \u2014 which passed 284-149 \u2014 has the support of President Donald Trump and leaders from both chambers, but drew the support of only 65 Republicans in the final vote. That\u2019s roughly one-third of the House GOP membership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate lawmakers are expected to take up the matter next week. The measure is designed to prevent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/12\/21\/coast-guard-would-bear-the-brunt-of-latest-government-shutdown\/\" target=_blank>a partial government shutdown this fall<\/a> and stabilize appropriations plans for all aspects of federal agencies until after next year\u2019s presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/07\/23\/budget-deal-gives-a-big-funding-boost-to-defense-but-republicans-wanted-more\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5578010-1.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Budget deal gives a big funding boost to defense, but Republicans wanted more<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The $738 billion plan for defense spending next year falls short of what some claimed was needed to maintain military might.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the House floor Thursday, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash., called the deal a critical step forward in restoring regular budget order and predictability not just for military programs, but for all of the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is no secret we have big differences between the Democratically controlled House and White House and the Republican-controlled Senate,\u201d he said. \u201cDespite those differences, we have to function. We have to be able to fund the government and meet our responsibilities to the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ahead of the vote, Trump worked to bolster Republican support for the measure, which would increase Defense Department spending by more than 3 percent over fiscal 2019 levels. He tweeted that the new budget plan \u201cgreatly helps our Military and our Vets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White House officials (and Republican congressional leaders) had pushed for even more in defense spending recent weeks, while congressional Democrats had insisted any military funding increase be offset with additional non-defense spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the end, the non-military money in the new budget deal will grow by about $10 billion more than defense spending over the next two years, and the military spending for fiscal 2020 will fall about $12 billion short of the White House\u2019s hopes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., and chairman of the Republican Study Committee, in a statement called the compromise plan \u201ca massive spending deal that will further in debt future generations and remove reasonable safeguards to prevent the growth of government and the misuse of taxpayer dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., and a House Armed Services Committee member, said he would only vote for the deal if it were paired with congressional action to look for paths toward debt reduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt you could create a commission that was empowered to bring its recommendations to the floor for an up or down vote, and had members who were younger, next-generation members, I think it could work,\u201d Gallagher said in a video posted to Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2019\/07\/22\/deal-sealed-on-federal-budget-ensuring-no-shutdown-default\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19203627725477.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Deal sealed on federal budget, ensuring no shutdown, default<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The deal amounts to an against-the-odds victory for Washington pragmatists seeking to avoid politically dangerous tumult over the possibility of a government shutdown or first-ever federal default.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two weeks ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/07\/12\/military-budget-showdown-set-as-democrats-advance-authorization-bill-over-gop-objections\/\" target=_blank>House Republicans voted against a $733 billion military spending topline<\/a> as part of the annual defense policy bill, in large part citing insufficient funding totals for national security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Armed Services Committee ranking member Rep. Mac. Thornberry, R-Texas, on Thursday voted for the slightly larger defense spending total, telling reporters the two-year deal would provide much-needed stability for the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGiven the political turmoil that comes with an election year \u2026 having a two-year budget deal that takes us to the end, hallelujah, of the Budget Control Act is more valuable than if you had held out for a few billion,\u201d Thornberry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats had misgivings of their own, including the deal\u2019s lack of restrictions on Trump\u2019s ability to shift money within the budget toward a controversial border wall. The Pentagon was expected to shift a total of about $6.1 billion from its budget to help build a border wall, including about $3.6 billion from military construction projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in the end, all but 16 Democrats in the House backed the measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House members began their extended summer break on Thursday night, leaving the details of separate appropriations bills reflecting the new budget deal to be sorted out in September. The Senate is scheduled to begin their break at the end of next week, after voting on the measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RSC Chairman @RepMikeJohnson and Budget &amp; Spending Task Force Chair @RepJimBanks on caps deal &#8211; <br><br>By rejecting even modest conditions from the White House, Speaker Pelosi seems determined to drive our nation to bankruptcy to fund her big-government agenda. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tdEOVinlXY\">https:\/\/t.co\/tdEOVinlXY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Republican Study Committee (@RepublicanStudy) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepublicanStudy\/status\/1152267249614540801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This deal isn\u2019t perfect but includes $100B more for domestic priorities. 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