Sentences with phrase «raise defense spending»

But the spending blueprint, which would have to be approved by Congress, highlights the financial pressures that civilian research agencies will face as Trump and the Republican majority in both houses of Congress attempt to carry out campaign promises to raise defense spending while reining in the rest of federal spending.

You can raise defense spending if you are raising also everything else (and not borrowing), so is, in an economic boom, and even then you're probably being frown upon.

Not exact matches

«Republicans always wanted to raise spending on defense, Democrats wanted to raise spending on the rest of the discretionary budget across the board, and Republicans supported increased spending on a lot of those line items as well.»

Under Obama's proposal, national security programs would see an increase of $ 38 billion over current spending limits, raising the defense budget to $ 561 billion.

Keeping benefits at their current levels required under law will mean less federal spending on education, infrastructure and defense unless Congress cuts benefits, raises taxes or both.

For Immediate Release Senate leaders have agreed to a massive budget deal raising the defense and nondefense spending caps for two years, increasing...

Republican Representative Paul Ryan's latest budget cuts Medicare spending 50 % and Medicaid spending 75 % to pay for a 12.5 % tax break for millionaires; Republican intransigence on raising revenue to lower the deficit will trigger irresponsible cuts to our defense budget; and Republicans want to strip women of the ability to make health care choices for themselves.»

The New York Post finds that NYC Comptroller John Liu has spent more in legal defense this year than he has raised in campaign contributions.

Washington (CNN)- A top Senate Democrat bluntly warned Monday that her party is prepared to let all the Bush - era tax cuts expire and automatic spending cuts to defense and domestic programs take place at the beginning of next year unless Republicans agree to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans.

To cut a long - term spending deal, Democrats are pushing for an equivalent increase in both defense and nondefense funding above the spending caps set under a 2011 budget agreement - one similar to agreements reached in 2013 and 2015 to raise the caps for the following two years.

The bipartisan deal raises the caps on defense and nondefense discretionary spending by nearly $ 300 billion overall.

I hold special scorn for those who want to tear away funding for programs that mostly benefit the disadvantaged, because this is pure gamesmanship — if politicians were serious about balancing the budget, they'd either tackle defense and entitlement programs, or do something that would be much, much better for the economy than slashing government spending: raise taxes on the wealthy.

Certainly, a critical question that remains on the table is how the government will pay for increased spending on infrastructure and defense, while reducing tax rates, without significantly raising the U.S. budget deficit (a key Republican stance).

Notwithstanding his tax - cut bias, Bush has plans on the spending side, too, such as adding prescription drugs to Medicare coverage and raising the limits on federal education and defense outlays.