Senate NDAA would hike defense spending by $32 billion

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Raw Story

Posted July 11, 2025 at 5:41pm


The Senate version of the fiscal 2026 defense policy bill would authorize an extra $32.1 billion for national security spending above what the Pentagon sought, putting the chamber on a collision course with the House and the Trump administration. Provisions in the legislation also differ with policies espoused by President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — particularly related to potential U.S. troop changes in Europe and support of Ukraine.

The bill, the text of which has not yet been released, was approved behind closed doors on Wednesday night. The legislation would provide a total of $924.7 billion for national defense, according to an executive summary released by the Senate Armed Services Committee on Friday. That includes $878.7 billion for the Defense Department plus $35.2 billion for nuclear programs within the Department of Energy and $10.8 billion for defense-related activities outside the committee’s jurisdiction.

By contrast, a draft version of the House Armed Services Committee’s fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act recommends $882.6 billion in national defense spending, of which $848.3 billion is for the Pentagon — totals that are in line with what the White House requested.

The difference in approaches is reminiscent of last year, when Senate defense hawks authorized $25 billion more for defense than what then-President Joe Biden had requested, a sum that also flew in the face of statutory budget caps and was ultimately scuttled in the final version of the bill.

Read more: https://rollcall.com/2025/07/11/senate-ndaa-would-hike-defense-spending-by-32-billion/

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NDAA = "National Defense Authorization Act" (an annual bill where they decide on appropriations for the military)

The NDAA is also something where stuff gets snuck in so keep an eye out.

[AltairIV]

1. Waste.

$32 billion for pork projects in senators home districts for projects and weapons systems the Pentagon doesn't" need or want.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. A trillion dollars a year for a military, but pennies for the poor and sick.

And this is a "Christian" country?

[Bayard]

3. There's no reason to throw $35 billion at more more more nukes

How many do you really need to destroy the world?

I'm also concerned about the big increase in general. trump could want that for a big deployment in this country. Its already happening in Calif.

[COL Mustard]

4. Not to be pedantic, but the NDAA

Is an authorization act. The appropriations committees decide how much funding actually gets appropriated.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. It's a "Framework"

for the appropriations (similar to the Budget Reconciliation).