U.S. Senate Panel Adds $25B To Biden's Defense Budget

The Hill: Senate panel adds $25B to Biden's defense budget 

The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved a $778 billion defense policy bill, adding nearly $25 billion more to the defense budget than the Biden administration requested. 

The funding boost would go entirely to the Pentagon, giving the department $740.3 billion compared to the Biden administration’s request for $715 billion. 

The remainder of the budget goes to non-Pentagon defense programs, such as the Energy Department’s nuclear weapons programs. 

The increase was approved as a Republican-proposed amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that received bipartisan support when the committee met behind closed doors to consider the bill Wednesday night.  

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Update: U.S. Senate panel boosts Biden's defense budget plan by $25 billion (Reuters)  

WNU Editor: The US senate vote was not even close. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) cleared the Senate Armed Services Committee in a 23-3 vote this afternoon.

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