After what must have been particularly heated negotiations, House and Senate negotiators have – no doubt grudgingly – agreed to balloon the United States defense budget by an additional $45 billion beyond the $800+ billion the Biden administration had asked for. Politico calls the increase a “rebuke” of the President, which seems a curious way of describing politicians predictably delivering for their donors.
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