Overview
- The White House, which filed the request Friday, seeks to lift Pentagon funding about 40 percent to support the war with Iran and to refill depleted munitions.
- The plan starts work on a “Golden Dome” missile-defense system, described as a layered network of sensors and interceptors, and boosts shipbuilding with about $65 billion for a new “Golden Fleet.”
- Non-defense programs would be cut by about 10 percent, or roughly $73 billion, including an estimated 23 percent reduction for NASA of about $5.6 billion.
- Roughly $350 billion of the increase would move through budget reconciliation, a Senate process that can pass with a simple majority, setting up a fight over the scope of cuts and deficits.
- The submission is a proposal, not law, so committees will now mark up the request as lawmakers weigh military needs against the hit to housing, social services, and science funding.