Republicans revolt against White House budget plan

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico


By BURGESS EVERETT 07/03/2019 02:45 PM EDT

Senate Republicans are rebelling against the Trump administration’s proposed fix to a fiscal pile-up this fall, rejecting a one-year stopgap funding bill as insufficient for the military.

In a letter to President Donald Trump’s budget negotiators led by Sen. David Perdue of Georgia, 15 Senate Republicans on Wednesday asked the White House to avoid imposing “draconian” conditions that would render the Pentagon “incapable of increasing readiness, recapitalizing our force, or rationalizing funding.”

“While some members of the Administration have suggested a yearlong CR as a viable path forward, this must be avoided,” the senators wrote. “Simply put, our adversaries do not handcuff their militaries with funding gimmicks like continuing resolutions — nor should we.”

The letter was addressed to acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, acting Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. The senators added that a continuing resolution would stall a military pay raise and make spending far more inefficient.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/03/republicans-white-house-budget-plan-1398306

[Everyman Jackal]

1. 15 Senate Republicans want more money for the military.

How many of their states have military bases and companies that build military hardware?

[modrepub]

2. Republican Math At Work

Cut tax collections by billions, decrease domestic spending by a few billion and increase the defense budget 10s of billions of dollars then wonder later why the federal budget deficits are so out of hand. Then grip Democrats increase taxes. Repeat frequently.

[DeminPennswoods]

3. DoD already has more $s than it knows what to do with

They offered up extra for Trump's "wall" and apparently have plenty to spare to transport tanks and other armored vehicles up to DC for his July 4 campaign rally and flyover. What DoD needs is about a 25% haircut to make them spend more efficently and effectively.

[bluedigger]

4. If there's one thing the Pentagon is good at, it's "rationalizing funding".

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. Can't blame the Dems for this one dotard.

[sir pball]

6. They're just idiots who don't know how funding works.

Lots of money for DoD, but not a lot for DoEnergy...even though they want new and improved nukes. Protip guys, Energy does the nukes...its why poor Rick Perry is a babbling idiot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Energy