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Republicans are racing to get money for the Pentagon and farm aid, but fiscal hawks have been asking to balance the budget request.

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan for a $95 billion budget bill is facing resistance from fiscal conservatives and Senate Republicans.

Jarrell Dillard, Anna Liss-Roy House Speaker Mike Johnson's plan for a $95 billion budget bill that would send money to the Pentagon for

House Republicans released the text for a continuing resolution Friday which would extend government funding at current levels until Dec. 4.

Jarrell Dillard This week, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) hopes to advance two big budget measures before leaving town for the August recess.

With some funds set to dry up within weeks, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to press lawmakers Tuesday to address the increasingly urgent shortfall.

Washington Post: The Pentagon is facing an urgent budget shortfall, sources say.

Republicans advanced both measures despite fierce resistance from Democrats, who say Congress has failed to rein in the Trump administration’s use of military force.

The trillion dollar defence policy bill passed with Republicans steamrolling Democrats, who argued that Congress is failing to restrain the Trump administration’s expansive use of military force.

The House on Wednesday passed its $1.15 trillion defense policy bill and advanced a measure to help cover the rising costs of the Iran war — with