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SecDef tells Congress to get a military budget done already
Lloyd Austin said another short-term budget extension will cause a host of problems for his department.
Budget deal would fully fund Defense Department, add $13.6 billion in Ukraine aid
Lawmakers hope to finalize the spending plan within the next week.
This week in Congress: Dealing with past and future budget problems
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of March 7, 2022.
New in 2022: Unfinished budget work will drag into February
Congress will try to finish the fiscal 2022 budget just as they start work on the fiscal 2023 spending plan.
HASC’s top Republican takes aim at budget gridlock, Russia policy and vaccination mandate
“I mean, these [continuing resolutions] are killing us,” Rep. Mike Rogers told Defense News. “If they do another CR in February to the end of the year, it’s going to basically cost [the Pentagon] $40 billion. It’s going to negate everything we just did in this authorization, plus more. And it’s just literally un-American if we aren’t doing a better job to provide for our military than that.”
By Joe Gould