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House Republicans have also endorsed the change, which means the Defense Department rebrand pushed by the Trump administration could become law this year.

The action came nearly a month after the chamber advanced a similar war powers measure.

Major defense legislation approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee freezes three quarters of the Defense Secretary’s travel budget until Congress gets what it wants.

Republican defense hawks have heartburn over the nascent deal, which the White House provided to lawmakers on Thursday.

The Trump administration is trying to fund “critical” military efforts along “entirely separate tracks,” lawmakers lament.

Some of the president’s biggest supporters in Congress expressed concern about the impact of increased military spending on the national debt.

The House Appropriations Committee became the third committee to endorse the Pentagon rebrand.

The former GOP leader has been absent as the bipartisan appropriations process he helps oversee has run aground.

“He’s screwing us into political oblivion,” said one House member.

President Donald Trump's notification that the U.S. is again at war with Iran gives the administration another 60-day clock for military action.