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GOP Senators Look To Add $50 Billion In Defense-Related Spending To Infrastructure Bill

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, August 5th, 2021

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GOP Senators Look To Add $50 Billion In Defense-Related Spending To Infrastructure Bill

Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

A group of Republican senators filed an amendment Thursday to the proposed bipartisan infrastructure bill that would add $50 billion in defense-related spending, to include more than $25 billion for shipyard infrastructure improvements. The amendment led by Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), the top Republican on the Appropriations Committee, along with Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), the Armed Services Committee ranking member, and SASC Member Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), would also fund 5G networking projects and upgrades to depots and ammunition plants. The…

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