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Senate Stopgap Carves Out Billions for Defense Amid Funding Freeze

The U.S. Senate passed a short-term funding bill allocating about $843.9 billion for defense, nearly half of the $1.7 trillion annual budget authority, to keep the government running through December 11.
The bill maintains most federal agencies at prior-year funding levels but makes exceptions for Navy shipbuilding programs with prior-year cost increases.
It allocates about $2.61 billion for prior-year shipbuilding cost increases, chiefly for Columbia-class and Virginia-class submarine programs and aircraft carrier projects.
The bill includes up to $2.85 billion for National Security Systems and would prevent a government shutdown on October 1 if enacted before the fiscal year ends September 30.

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Senate stopgap carves out billions for defense amid funding freeze

(The Center Square) – The short-term funding bill the U.S. Senate passed early Saturday to keep the government running through Dec. 11 would provide about $843.9 billion for defense, nearly half of the about $1.7 trillion in annualized budget authority…

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The Senate’s approval of a stopgap funding bill could give lawmakers time to resolve major differences over Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration fiscal 2027 budget requests, including a proposed 35% increase for nuclear weapons activities. The Senate voted 90-6 Aug. 8 to approve a continuing resolution (CR) funding the government through Dec. 11, pushing the next major appropriations deadline beyond the Sept. 30 end …

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