SIMI VALLEY, Calif. \u2014 The U.S. House\u2019s No. 2 Republican said Saturday that for Congress to make a two-year deal to ease budget caps for defense, Congress must pass a proposed two-week stopgap spending measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking at the Reagan National Defense Forum, House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy, acknowledged that continuing resolutions are harmful to the Pentagon, but said, \u201cwe\u2019ll be able to put that pressure, get an agreement, not just for this year but next year as well, and we\u2019ll get out of this mess.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI cannot tell you there will not be another CR, because there will be another CR…there will be another CR next week. It will be a two-week CR so we can stop having CRs for the future,\u201d said McCarthy of California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe only reason we\u2019re going into a two-week CR is because we\u2019re in negotiations on the caps,\u201d McCarthy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Saturday, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rodney Freylinghuysen, R-N.J., proposed a CR that runs through Dec. 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To avoid a government shutdown, lawmakers must pass a budget deal or a new CR before the current one runs out Dec. 8. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lawmakers are reportedly considering a GOP proposal of a two-year budget deal that would raise 2011 Budget Control Act caps for defense by $54 billion and nondefense funds by $37 billion in both fiscal 2018 and 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In recent weeks, Congressional defense hawks have argued against that number for defense because it would fall below the top-line of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act that passed the House and Senate earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Democratic lawmakers have insisted on parity between the defense and non-defense sides of the budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
McCarthy pushed back at that idea, saying, \u201cYou should fund your military with what you need to accomplish to protect you from the threats; that\u2019s what you should decide the number upon, and that\u2019s the argument of where we\u2019re going.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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