{"id":24886,"date":"2019-04-09T21:24:34","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T21:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/04\/09\/house-sets-13t-spending-cap-budget-talks-begin\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:09:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:09:27","slug":"house-sets-13t-spending-cap-budget-talks-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2019\/04\/09\/house-sets-13t-spending-cap-budget-talks-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"House sets $1.3T spending cap, budget talks begin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The House on Tuesday lifted an overall spending cap to $1.3 trillion to allow its appropriators to craft 2020 spending bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The measure, which codified a $733 billion top-line for national defense in fiscal 2020, passed 219-201. Seven Democrats voted \u201cno.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Technically, the House adopted a \u201cdeeming resolution\u201d as part of a rule for floor debate on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2019\/04\/02\/house-dems-offer-733b-for-defense-in-2020-in-two-year-budget-caps-deal\/\" target=_blank>related bill to lift budget caps<\/a> for defense and non-defense in 2020 and 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Democratic leaders decided Tuesday to shelve that bill to avoid airing intra-party divisions over military spending, which also means they will not have a strong vote to take into soon-to-start budget negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told reporters Tuesday that he is in talks with President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-N.Y., on the possibility of a two-year caps deal. They\u2019ve put together a \u201cstaff level\u201d group, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McConnell described a \u201cbipartisan desire\u201d to avoid another stopgap continuing resolution and $126 billon in automatic cuts if Congress fails to lift budget caps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo, I\u2019m hoping that this will be the beginning of a bipartisan agreement, which will be necessary, in order to have an orderly appropriations process not only this year, but next year as well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House bill scuttled Tuesday aimed to reset spending limits for defense at $733 billion for fiscal 2020 and $749 billion for fiscal 2020. The non-defense side of the budget also would come in well above statutory budget caps, at $631 billion and $646 billion, respectively.<\/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\/04\/09\/senate-sets-may-ndaa-debate-to-leapfrog-house\/\" 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\/AP_19073578887510.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\">Senate sets May date for NDAA debate to leapfrog House<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Senate Armed Services Committee plans to mark up the FY20 National Defense Authorization Act the week of May 20, outpacing the House for the first time in years.<\/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\">The defense spending number reflects Democratic pragmatism, but the overall proposal put party leaders at odds with Senate Republicans and the White House, who both want to keep non-defense spending close to the cap level. The proposal also alienated progressive Democrats, who wanted to boost domestic spending and lower defense spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe most important task in front of us right now is to raise sequestration caps to stop extreme cuts from being implemented, ensuring that we can make the needed investments in our national and economic security,\u201d the bill\u2019s co-sponsor, House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., said in a statement after Tuesday\u2019s vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are further conversations we must have to reach consensus between the wings of our caucus, left and right. But we all have a responsibility to govern and obligations to the American people, so our work continues,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a closed-door Democratic caucus meeting Tuesday morning, Yarmuth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/congress\/democratic-unity-breaks-down-over-budget-caps-bill\" target=_blank>signaled to reporters<\/a> it was unclear whether enough Democrats would support the caps bill. Fractures were on display last week when three Democrats on the House Budget Committee voted against the measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cInstead of spending money on more wars, when we already spend more than the next ten countries combined, we ought to be investing artificial intelligence, in science, in technology, in infrastructure, in education that will make us lead the 20th Century,\u201d one of those three, Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said before the committee vote.<\/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\/03\/27\/bloated-war-fund-will-sink-trumps-budget-dems-say\/\" 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\/AP_19050716938208.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\">Bloated war fund will sink Trump\u2019s budget, Dems say<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A plan to offset defense spending limits by inflating a Pentagon war fund is taking a beating.<\/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\">Republicans have been chiding Democrats for days for working on a statement about spending levels neither Republicans nor progressive Democrats will accept. They have accused Democratic leaders of abdicating their jobs and urged them to reconcile these splits to propose a real budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lead Democrats considered that too tall of an order for now, but Yarmuth said at a hearing Monday that they may do so eventually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is nothing that prevents us from producing a budget subsequent to this process,\u201d Yarmuth said. \u201cWe felt it was imperative to get the top-line numbers done, raise the caps, so the appropriators could work in a reasonable way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House on Tuesday lifted an overall spending cap to $1.3 trillion to allow its appropriators to craft 2020 spending 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