The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer John S. McCain joints the Royal Australian Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in the South China Sea for a multinational exercise on Oct. 19, 2020. (U.S. Navy)
Defense News: Democratic appropriators want to spend more on weapons procurement than Biden
WASHINGTON ― Tweaking President Joe Biden’s Pentagon spending request for next year, House appropriators have proposed $1.7 billion more for weapons procurement and $1.6 billion less for development and testing of cutting-edge technologies meant to deter China.
The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday morning released its fiscal 2022 Pentagon-funding bill, which proposes $706 billion in defense spending, or roughly $10 billion above the amount enacted for the current fiscal year.
When added to the $11 billion for military construction appropriators are seeking separately, that sets it about even with Biden’s $716 billion request.
The legislation, crafted by Democrats, includes $134.3 billion for procurement, which is $2.2 billion less than the current year’s budget. For research funding, appropriators are proposing $110.4 billion, which is $3.2 billion above the current year’s budget.
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Update #1: House panel releases $706B Pentagon spending bill (The Hill)
Update #2: House Approps Restores 2nd Destroyer; Cuts Sea-Launched Nuke Cruise Missile (Breaking Defense)
WNU Editor: This is a surprise. I expected the US Senate would be the ones to increase the proposed US defense budget, not the House of Representatives.
Well, we're at war with a nation that has concentration camps and didn't flinch using a biological weapon in response to the trade war.
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The House Democrats aka House demagogues wanted to cut the budget 6 months ago. What gives?
ReplyDeleteThey are knee jerk reacting like the jerks that they are. They have to be seen to be acting, to be charge and to care. Having a good plan or not is immaterial. Personally, I am for tightening up welfare and spending more on the military. However you need a good plan. the QDR is probably a better plan than what they would come up with. Of course asking Milley and Austin to come up with a plan is probably as 'stoopid' as the Democrats coming up with a plan. Ideally the QDR is based on a best case, worst case and in the middle scenario of threat faced by the US. Done correctly the QDR is a road map to spending money wisely and according to the insight of people who should, I said should know. But generals are more political as they gain rank and many have been shown to gutless yes men.
Maybe we need a breath of fresh air. Maybe we need yes women?
Quadrennial Defense Review
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrennial_Defense_Review
Democrats might as well not worry about it. The IS is never going to women, because of Democrats other activities.
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Jealous.
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