U.S. Congress reached a debt ceiling deal, but it includes spending cuts to food stamps and other programs, while the Pentagon gets a 3% budget increase.
Military spending experts say an emergency supplemental for Ukraine aid — likely to come this summer or early fall — is the prime candidate for a “bonus” defense budget. AsFriday, one reason the deal passed was Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s promise that it “does nothing to limit the Senate’s ability to appropriate emergency supplemental funds” for dealing with foreign threats.their openness to such an approach: Sen.
In the past, Congress has used similar loopholes to bypass any restraints on military spending. Following the 2011 Budget Control Act, lawmakers avoided caps on the Pentagon by steadily pouring more money into OCO spending, a pool of money initially meant to ensure continuous funding for military operations abroad, mostly Afghanistan.
In theory, these wish lists give lawmakers a better understanding of what the Pentagon needs in order to deter enemies and win a war, if necessary. In practice, they encourage DoD to ignore potential budget trade-offs and provide a map for hawks looking to boost spending for pet programs, as Dan Grazier of the Project on Government Oversight“The unfunded priority process is just a way to add more money into the budget at the end,” Grazier said.
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