{"id":47454,"date":"2022-10-11T18:36:10","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T18:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/10\/11\/senators-confident-defense-budget-work-will-get-finished-this-year\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:04:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:04:30","slug":"senators-confident-defense-budget-work-will-get-finished-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2022\/10\/11\/senators-confident-defense-budget-work-will-get-finished-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators confident defense budget work will finish this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee<\/a> said he is confident that lawmakers will be able to finish work on the annual defense authorization bill<\/a> by the end of the year, despite the long list of challenges to overcome between now and then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll get a bill done,\u201d Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., said Tuesday after a brief procedural session on the massive defense budget<\/a> policy measure. \u201cThere\u2019s always some friction, but we will get this bill done. We have to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s one of the obligations that the House and Senate take very seriously. And we owe it to the troops.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Tuesday\u2019s Senate session, lawmakers formally began floor debate on the authorization bill, which outlines $817 billion in Defense Department spending policies and priorities for fiscal 2023. The House passed its draft of the legislation in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\t