{"id":58953,"date":"2018-02-07T18:29:53","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T18:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/02\/07\/congress-reaches-budget-deal-with-huge-defense-boost\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:27:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:27:49","slug":"congress-reaches-budget-deal-with-huge-defense-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/02\/07\/congress-reaches-budget-deal-with-huge-defense-boost\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate reaches budget deal with huge defense boost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Senate leaders have reached a two-year deal that would set defense spending at $700 billion for 2018 and $716 billion for 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those top-lines, part of a deal announced by Senate leaders Wednesday afternoon, hews to those authorized by National Defense Authorization Act for 2018 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2018\/02\/05\/pentagon-confirms-future-year-numbers-in-pb19-budget-request\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">President Donald Trump\u2019s expected 2019 defense budget<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not all of the details were announced immediately, as bipartisan talks continued, but sources close to them said spending limits for defense and non-defense combined would be raised by $300 billion over two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was not immediately clear exactly how the deal will address budget caps and how much of the defense funding will be sought as cap-exempt Overseas Contingency Operations funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The caps, excluding OCO or Department of Energy funding, limit the Defense Department\u2019s base budget to $549 billion for fiscal 2018 and $562 billion for fiscal 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The emerging deal still may face opposition from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2018\/02\/02\/budget-impasse-brings-about-odd-alliance-on-defense-spending\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">House fiscal conservatives<\/a> over proposed increases to the non-defense side of the budget and from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2018\/02\/07\/budget-deal-elusive-as-senate-mulls-defense-heavy-stopgap-measure\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">House Democrats who sought a vote on protections for young immigrants<\/a>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said in a Senate floor speech the agreement would, \u201cunwind the sequestration cuts that have hamstrung the military and jeopardized our national security.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2018\/02\/06\/house-gops-six-week-continuing-resolution-offers-military-health-care-funding\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ARM-deployment-cover-4-web.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">House GOP\u2019s six-week continuing resolution offers military, health care funding<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The current short-term spending bill expires on Feb. 8. If a new spending plan isn\u2019t adopted by then, lawmakers will trigger another partial closure of government operations.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said the emerging deal could be a clean break from the budget dysfunction that has gripped Washington for years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAfter months of fiscal brinkmanship, this budget deal is the first real sprout of bipartisanship. and it should break the long cycle of spending crises that have snarled this congress and hampered our middle class,\u201d Schumer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deal was hailed by defense advocates emerging from a meeting with McConnell on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019d rather we didn\u2019t have to do as much on non-defense, but this is an absolute necessity, that we\u2019ve got these numbers,\u201d said the Senate Armed Services Committee\u2019s No. 2 Republican, Sen. Jim Inhofe, of Oklahoma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-915438528.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-915438528.jpg.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-915438528.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-915438528.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-915438528.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-915438528.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-915438528.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (L) walks towards the Senate chamber at the Capitol February 7, 2018 in Washington, DC. Sen. McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced that they have reach agreement on a two-year budget deal.  (Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo those who believe sequestration has done a lot of damage to the military, this is the best news I\u2019ve heard,\u201d said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, calling the increases \u201csubstantial, much needed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Graham said the increase would address readiness, a maintenance backlog and manpower increases, saying \u201cThis is the biggest step toward rebuilding the military I\u2019ve seen since 2011.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is an increase for non-defense spending, maybe more than some would like, but I\u2019m okay with that,\u201d Graham said. \u201cThe FBI could use the money.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether the deal will lift the debt ceiling ahead of a mid-March deadline, had not been finalized, according to the Senate\u2019s No. 2 Republican, Sen. 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