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HASC’S $883 Billion FY ‘25 NDAA Sticks To Spending Cap, Rogers Says Its ‘Hand Dealt To Us’

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, May 13th, 2024

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HASC’S $883 Billion FY ‘25 NDAA Sticks To Spending Cap, Rogers Says Its ‘Hand Dealt To Us’

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) at the conclusion of the House Armed Services Committee's markup of the FY '24 NDAA. Photo: screenshot of livestream.

The House Armed Services Committee on Monday released its roughly $895 billion draft version of the next defense policy bill, to include authorizing $849.8 billion for the Pentagon, adhering to the one percent spending cap from last year’s debt limit deal. HASC Chair Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) had signaled his panel would put forth a National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2025 that supported a topline at the “hand dealt to us” by last year’s Fiscal Responsibility Act and put…

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Army Secretary Says “We Need To Over-Invest in FLRAA To Get It Online As Quickly As Possible”

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