{"id":48028,"date":"2025-07-18T14:28:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/07\/18\/house-advances-832-billion-military-budget-plan-for-next-fiscal-year\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:06:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:06:31","slug":"house-advances-832-billion-military-budget-plan-for-next-fiscal-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/budget\/2025\/07\/18\/house-advances-832-billion-military-budget-plan-for-next-fiscal-year\/","title":{"rendered":"House advances $832 billion military budget plan for next fiscal year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

House lawmakers advanced their $832 billion defense appropriations plan for fiscal 2026<\/a> early Friday morning despite strong objections from Democrats over missing budgetary details and social issue fights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill\u2019s passage \u2014 by a 221-209 margin, with only five Democrats backing the measure \u2014 sends the national security budget debate over to the Senate<\/a>, where appropriators still have not unveiled the parameters of their spending plans for next year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Defense Department is currently operating this fiscal year under a modified continuing resolution<\/a>, with some additional funding for military programs and purchases. Lawmakers are hopeful that won\u2019t happen again next year, but the slow pace of budget work thus far leaves only about six weeks of session work left before a possible partial government shutdown if the appropriations bills aren\u2019t finalized. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The House spending plan was largely drafted before Pentagon leaders unveiled their detailed budgetary requests for fiscal 2026 just last month. President Donald Trump has touted that outline as a \u201c$1 trillion defense budget,\u201d but that total includes additional one-time funds approved by Congress<\/a> as part of a separate reconciliation measure. <\/p>\n\n\n\t