{"id":64914,"date":"2020-07-06T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/07\/06\/this-week-in-congress-resuming-delayed-defense-va-budget-fights\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:37:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:37:58","slug":"this-week-in-congress-resuming-delayed-defense-va-budget-fights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/07\/06\/this-week-in-congress-resuming-delayed-defense-va-budget-fights\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in Congress: Resuming delayed defense, VA budget fights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Democrats will craft their version of the fiscal 2021 appropriations bill \u2014 including funding levels for the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs \u2014 throughout the week on Capitol Hill, work that was delayed several months by the ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/coronavirus\/\" target=_blank>coronavirus pandemic.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Final passage of the budget isn\u2019t likely to take place before the November elections, even though the new fiscal year starts on Oct. 1. Lawmakers this week will offer their first full response to the president\u2019s budget request filed back in February, work that had been planned for April until the outbreak postponed most congressional activities. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/06\/30\/pentagon-leaders-to-testify-next-week-on-militarys-george-floyd-protest-response-role\/\" 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\/AP20156116048972.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\">Pentagon leaders to testify next week on military\u2019s George Floyd protest response role<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. 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