{"id":67723,"date":"2024-04-10T15:09:36","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T15:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/04\/10\/republicans-pick-defense-hawk-to-usher-spending-bills\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:04:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:04:19","slug":"republicans-pick-defense-hawk-to-usher-spending-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2024\/04\/10\/republicans-pick-defense-hawk-to-usher-spending-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans pick defense hawk to usher spending bills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans on Wednesday selected their new leader of the House Appropriations Committee, replacing Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, who announced in March she would step down from the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The full Republican conference unanimously picked Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., to chair the committee. Although fellow defense appropriator Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Ala., had also expressed interest in the position, Cole was the only candidate to formally run for the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cole will step down as chairman of the House Rules Committee, which controls the floor agenda. Like Granger before him, he currently sits on the defense appropriations subcommittee and has historically favored large military budgets. He described <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2024\/03\/12\/republican-hawks-denounce-defense-budget-caps-from-debt-ceiling-deal\/#:~:text=The%20debt%20ceiling%20agreement%20capped,now%20generating%20outcry%20from%20lawmakers.\" target=\"_blank\">the Biden administration\u2019s fiscal 2025 defense budget proposal of $895 billion as insufficient<\/a> during a hearing with Navy and Marine Corps leaders on Wednesday shortly after his appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think this budget is too low,\u201d Cole said. \u201cI think that\u2019s been consistently true with the administration. I also recognize we\u2019re under the constraints of the Fiscal Responsibility Act, and that\u2019s going to make it difficult for us to do some things I think we need to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cole was referring to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2023\/05\/29\/debt-ceiling-agreement-locks-in-bidens-proposed-defense-budget\/#:~:text=Debt%20ceiling%20agreement%20locks%20in%20Biden's%20proposed%20defense%20budget,-By%20Bryant%20Harris&#038;text=WASHINGTON%20%E2%80%94%20The%20debt%20ceiling%20agreement,3.3%25%20increase%20over%20this%20year.\" target=\"_blank\">last year\u2019s debt ceiling agreement<\/a> that capped discretionary spending levels. Under that agreement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2024\/03\/07\/a-nearly-1-trillion-defense-budget-faces-headwinds-at-home-and-abroad\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Defense Department receives more discretionary funding<\/a> than all other federal agencies combined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI look forward to hitting the ground running tomorrow and am committed to engaging with the entire conference to deliver the necessary appropriations bills in a timely matter,\u201d Cole said in a statement on Tuesday after the House Republican Steering Committee, which controls panel assignments, nominated him as appropriations chairman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2024\/03\/23\/congress-passes-defense-spending-bill-after-months-of-delays\/#:~:text=Congress%20early%20on%20Saturday%20passed,other%20agencies%20expired%20on%20Friday.\" target=\"_blank\">did not pass a full FY24 defense spending bill until March<\/a>, nearly six months into the fiscal year that began in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Granger, who is not running for reelection in November, said she is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2024\/03\/22\/granger-gallagher-leave-committee-posts-as-house-gop-majority-shrinks\/\" target=\"_blank\">stepping down as appropriations chairwoman early<\/a> in part because \u201can election year often results in final appropriations bills not getting enacted well until the next fiscal year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cole <a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskaexaminer.com\/2024\/04\/09\/u-s-rep-tom-cole-of-oklahoma-tapped-by-gop-as-house-appropriations-chairman\/\" target=\"_blank\">told the Nebraska Examiner<\/a> that he expects Congress will have to fund the government with a stopgap spending bill through the upcoming presidential election instead of full FY25 appropriations legislation at the start of the fiscal year on Oct. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether Congress passes the FY25 spending bills before January depends on President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Democratic and Republican nominees, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe winner will probably decide,\u201d Cole told the Nebraska Examiner. \u201cDo we want to finish business this calendar year, which is always the best thing to do, win or lose, or do you want to kick it into next year?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI hope we don\u2019t do that, but that\u2019s the way I see it unfolding right now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As appropriations chairman, Cole will have to balance the demands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2023\/12\/04\/from-trump-to-congress-republican-defense-orthodoxy-crumbles\/\" target=\"_blank\">traditional Republican defense hawks and fiscal conservatives more closely aligned with Trump\u2019s America First wing<\/a> of the party. Cole also favors Ukraine aid and has consistently voted in favor of it, though Trump and a growing number of Republicans oppose additional assistance for Kyiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has said the House would act on Ukraine aid, he has so far ruled out putting<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2024\/02\/08\/senate-moves-forward-on-ukraine-israel-taiwan-aid-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\"> the Senate\u2019s $95 billion foreign aid bill<\/a> \u2014 which also includes assistance for Israel and Taiwan \u2014 on the floor. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2024\/02\/13\/senate-passes-ukraine-israel-taiwan-aid-amid-trump-fueled-opposition\/#:~:text=Senate%20passes%20Ukraine%2C%20Israel%2C%20Taiwan%20aid%20amid%20Trump%2Dfueled%20opposition,-By%20Bryant%20Harris&#038;text=The%20Senate%20on%20Tuesday%20passed,of%20debate%20on%20the%20bill.\" target=\"_blank\">Senate passed that bill 70-29 <\/a>in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnson has yet to reveal a formal plan for Ukraine aid. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., has threatened to force a vote removing Johnson as speaker, should he move forward with a Ukraine package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year\u2019s effort instigated by a small band of right-wing Republicans to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., plunged the House into weeks of chaos as the conference struggled to select a new leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further complicating matters, House Republicans will be down to a one-vote majority after Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/outlook\/2023\/11\/06\/rep-mike-gallagher-previews-plans-to-deter-china-from-invading-taiwan\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Gallagher<\/a>, R-Wis., leaves Congress later this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans have selected a traditional defense hawk and Ukraine aid proponent as the new House appropriations 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