{"id":57108,"date":"2015-02-03T18:04:03","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T18:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2015\/02\/03\/defense-boost-afterthought-for-senate-panel\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:11:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:11:41","slug":"defense-boost-afterthought-for-senate-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2015\/02\/03\/defense-boost-afterthought-for-senate-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense Boost Afterthought for Senate Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Raising defense spending caps received nary a mention from US Senate Budget Committee leaders in prepared remarks at the start of a hearing on the White House&#8217;s 2016 budget request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both Chairman Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Ranking Member Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., delivered lengthy and substantive opening statements, which amounted to expressions of their budget priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enzi hit President Barack Obama for proposing &#8220;more overspending&#8221; in a budget blueprint he said would add to the massive national debt. He charged Obama with proposing to &#8220;mortgage the future to pay for the present.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/budget-policy\/budget\/\" title=\"http:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/budget-policy\/budget\/\">Complete coverage of the fiscal 2016 budget request<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sanders, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, delivered a boisterous opening statement that provided a window into his likely campaign-trail message: Income inequality should be the main focus of Washington. He railed against the economic success of large corporations and wealthy individuals, saying the middle class needs help to grow its collective wages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some Republicans want to use the 2016 budget resolution Enzi will craft with House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., to raise defense spending caps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, notably, neither Enzi nor Sanders listed that tactic among their priorities for the coming budget resolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>Enzi opened questioning of <\/span><span style=\"background: #ffffff;\">Shaun Donovan, White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director, with a line focused on America&#8217;s debt level and how the budget plan would affect that.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also spoke of a need to take steps to help the middle class. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/budget-policy\/congresswatch\/\"><span style=\"color: #1990e5; background: #ffffff;\"><b>For the latest national security news from Capitol Hill, go to CongressWatch<\/b><\/span><\/a>That signals that both parties are more focused on a budget plan to attack the debt and help the middle class <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">that does that <\/span>rather than swelling an annual Defense Department budget that approaches $500 billion after sequestration cuts are factored in \u2014 and is projected to grow yearly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. 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But he did so while <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">in <\/span>speaking about the importance of investing in non-defense functions to keep the economy vibrant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He then stated what all Republicans oppose about any package to <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">that would <\/span>void sequester cuts: &#8220;I believe new revenues have to be part of the mix.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Revenues means new federal taxes, or higher ones on corporations or wealthy taxpayers \u2014 Republicans oppose both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., also an Armed Services Committee member, went straight to defense spending, saying he agrees with the administration that the across-the-board cuts should be dissolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Graham said he supports a package with new revenue and a &#8220;mandatory&#8221; section that reforms domestic programs. He also warned about projections that defense spending soon could fall to 2.3 percent of gross domestic product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Donovan said he agrees with such concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, the panel&#8217;s leaders appeared to place other matters above raising defense spending. Rank-and-file members seemed to agree. After Graham departed, the questioning returned to economic matters, government spending and the national debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i><span style=\"color: #333333; background-color: #ffffff;\">Email: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:jbennett@defensenews.com\" style=\"color: #1990e5;\">jbennett@defensenews.com<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; background-color: #ffffff;\">Twitter: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BennettJohnT\" style=\"color: #1990e5;\">@bennettjohnt<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raising defense spending caps received nary a mention from US Senate Budget Committee leaders in prepared remarks at the start of a hearing on the White House&#8217;s 2016 budget request.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":114303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":8,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[8,33,19],"tags":[],"coauthors":[1090],"class_list":["post-57108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-congress","category-home","category-pentagon"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"H5YWAH457ZBNDABNKM3C5Y674M","arc_canonical_url":"\/congress\/2015\/02\/03\/defense-boost-afterthought-for-senate-panel\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Defense Boost Afterthought for Senate Panel - Defense News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Raising defense spending caps received nary a mention from US Senate Budget Committee leaders in prepared remarks at the start of a hearing on the White House&#039;s 2016 budget request.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2015\/02\/03\/defense-boost-afterthought-for-senate-panel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Defense Boost Afterthought for Senate Panel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Raising defense spending caps received nary a mention from US Senate Budget Committee leaders in prepared remarks at the start of a hearing on the White House&#039;s 2016 budget request.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2015\/02\/03\/defense-boost-afterthought-for-senate-panel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Defense News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-02-03T18:04:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T00:11:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John T. 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