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HASC’s Top Republican Proposes $25 Billion NDAA Boost, Progressives Urge No Defense Spending Increase

HASC’s Top Republican Proposes $25 Billion NDAA Boost, Progressives Urge No Defense Spending Increase
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee

The House Armed Services Committee's top Republican has filed an amendment to boost the topline of the panel’s version of the next defense policy bill by $25 billion. The amendment from Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala,), the HASC ranking member, would match GOP calls for at least three to five percent annual defense spending growth, and include increasing procurement spending in the bill by $9.8 billion. “From China to Russia to Iran to North Korea to the threat of global terrorism…

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