US EditionLawmakers begin budget markups for Trump's border security, defense priorities
- Republican lawmakers began marking up the Fiscal Year 2025 budget resolution allocating $5.8 trillion on defense, border security, and education on Tuesday.
- This process follows the passage of a $5.8 trillion budget resolution, requiring committees to resolve spending and savings differences between House and Senate.
- The Armed Services committee plans $150 billion in spending to support Trump’s defense agenda including $34 billion for the naval fleet and $46.5 billion for the Border Barrier System.
- House Education and Workforce’s 100-page Student Success and Taxpayer Savings Plan targets $330 billion in savings by restructuring federal student loans and ending Biden's SAVE repayment program.
- Committee leaders emphasize the need for increased defense funds to address underinvestment and call for legislative approval of this package to ensure border security and fiscal reform.
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U.S. House committees approve first three sections of spending and policy package • Washington State Standard
The U.S. Capitol on March 14, 2024. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — Three U.S. House committees on Tuesday approved the first few bills that will make up Republicans’ massive reconciliation package after rejecting numerous Democratic amendments. The Armed Services, Homeland Security, and Education and Workforce committees each voted mostly along party lines to send their measures to the Budget Committee, which is expected…
U.S. House committees approve first three sections of spending and policy package • Florida Phoenix
The U.S. Capitol on March 14, 2024. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — Three U.S. House committees on Tuesday approved the first few bills that will make up Republicans’ massive reconciliation package after rejecting numerous Democratic amendments. The Armed Services, Homeland Security, and Education and Workforce committees each voted mostly along party lines to send their measures to the Budget Committee, which is expected…
U.S. House committees approve first three sections of spending and policy package • Wisconsin Examiner
The U.S. Capitol on March 14, 2024. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — Three U.S. House committees on Tuesday approved the first few bills that will make up Republicans’ massive reconciliation package after rejecting numerous Democratic amendments. The Armed Services, Homeland Security, and Education and Workforce committees each voted mostly along party lines to send their measures to the Budget Committee, which is expected…
U.S. House committees approve first three sections of spending and policy package • Source New Mexico
The U.S. Capitol on March 14, 2024. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — Three U.S. House committees on Tuesday approved the first few bills that will make up Republicans’ massive reconciliation package after rejecting numerous Democratic amendments. The Armed Services, Homeland Security, and Education and Workforce committees each voted mostly along party lines to send their measures to the Budget Committee, which is expected…
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Lawmakers begin budget markups for Trump's border security, defense priorities
(The Center Square) – Republican lawmakers have begun the hard part of implementing the Fiscal Year 2025 budget resolution – resolving the spending and savings differences between House and Senate committees to create a package that enough lawmakers will support.
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