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GOP Senators Look To Add $50 Billion In Defense Infrastructure Spending With Budget Resolution Amendment

GOP Senators Look To Add $50 Billion In Defense Infrastructure Spending With Budget Resolution Amendment
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

A group of Republican senators filed an amendment Tuesday to the newly proposed $3.5 trillion budget resolution that would add $50 billion in defense-related spending, their second attempt after the language didn’t receive a vote during debate on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. The amendment led by Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), the top Republican on the Appropriations Committee, along with Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), the Armed Services Committee ranking member, and SASC Member Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) will be considered on Tuesday…

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