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GOP senators look to add $50B for defense into infrastructure bill
Source: Politico
GOP senators look to add $50B for defense into infrastructure bill
The bulk of the funding would go toward Navy and Coast shipyard infrastructure.
By CONNOR O’BRIEN
08/05/2021 02:28 PM EDT
Top Senate Republicans are looking to add more than $50 billion in defense funding to bipartisan infrastructure legislation to tackle overdue repairs and upgrade efforts at shipyards, depots, test ranges and defense laboratories.
Senate Appropriations ranking member Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) has filed an amendment to the infrastructure package to boost defense funding, which was obtained by POLITICO.
He's joined by Senate Armed Services ranking member Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.).
The Republican defense hawks' effort is the largest, and most detailed, proposal for defense money in an infrastructure bill so far.
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The bulk of the funding would go toward Navy and Coast shipyard infrastructure.
By CONNOR O’BRIEN
08/05/2021 02:28 PM EDT
Top Senate Republicans are looking to add more than $50 billion in defense funding to bipartisan infrastructure legislation to tackle overdue repairs and upgrade efforts at shipyards, depots, test ranges and defense laboratories.
Senate Appropriations ranking member Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) has filed an amendment to the infrastructure package to boost defense funding, which was obtained by POLITICO.
He's joined by Senate Armed Services ranking member Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.).
The Republican defense hawks' effort is the largest, and most detailed, proposal for defense money in an infrastructure bill so far.
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Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/05/gop-senators-look-to-add-50b-for-defense-into-infrastructure-bill-502622
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