The Trump administration’s push to boost defense spending is already complicating this year’s funding talks.
President Donald Trump has called for a $1.5 trillion military budget – around a 50% increase in spending – for FY2027. Now, Democrats are gearing up for a fight to ensure that domestic discretionary spending gets the same bump, putting Congress once again on a path toward a continuing resolution or another shutdown.
“We are not going to just let a huge defense budget rob our nation of what we need,” top Senate Appropriations Committee Democrat Patty Murray
(D-Wash.) said.
Republican appropriators say there’s no way they’ll give domestic programs the same funding boost as defense. Here’s Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.):
