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House Passes $1.15 Trillion Defense Bill and $95 Billion Iran War Budget Plan

The measures deepen Republican control of defense policy and set up a partisan fight in the Senate over war funding, voting rules and foreign‑policy riders.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves the chamber as members debate a series of measures including a continuing resolution to fund the government and a spending package for the Iran war, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Overview

  • The House approved its fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act in a narrow 216-212 vote on Wednesday, authorizing about $1.15 trillion for the Pentagon and moving the bill to the Senate for negotiation.
  • The NDAA includes troop pay raises of 5–7 percent, a proposal to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War, and an expanded U.S.-Israel defense technology cooperation program known as Section 219.
  • House Republicans also advanced a separate, party-line $95 billion budget framework to cover the Iran campaign and other priorities, using procedural steps intended to allow later passage with a simple majority.
  • Leadership inserted procedural language to attach the SAVE America Act, which imposes stricter voter ID and proof-of-citizenship rules, and the House adopted social and personnel riders that drew unified Democratic opposition and some GOP dissent.
  • The packages face an uncertain path in the Senate where Democrats recently blocked that chamber’s NDAA, Senate Republicans are split, and leaders are weighing reconciliation or further negotiations to overcome the filibuster.