Congress Must Use Every Opportunity to Reject Trump’s Pentagon Budget

Last week’s House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) exposed massive cracks in support for Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion weapons and war budget.

12 members voted NO on passing the NDAA out of committee. More than double that voted for Rep. Seth Moulton’s amendment to cut $150 billion from the Pentagon topline. These numbers are simply unprecedented.

Punchbowl News called it a “stunning level” of opposition. Politico warned of “troubles ahead” for the must-pass bill. While the bill made it out of committee, these votes were a departure from the status quo, showing an appetite across Capitol Hill to reject business as usual and block Trump’s war budget.

With DC’s war hawks on the defensive, now is the moment to dig deeper and keep growing our coalition of lawmakers willing to stop an egregious $1.5 TRILLION budget for weapons and war. To do that, and as Senators begin their behind-closed-doors debate, we need to keep flooding offices:

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To members of the 119th Congress:

While millions struggle to put food on the table, pay their bills, and cover historically high gas prices, $1.5 trillion in taxpayer dollars for more weapons and war is unjustifiable.

Congress MUST reject the Pentagon budget.

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