US: Trump's FY2026 Budget Draws Pushback From GOP Defence Hawks
May-02 15:26
Reuters carrying comments from senior White House Office of Management and Budget officials on President Donald Trump’s ‘skinny’ budget resolution for Fiscal Year 2026 that was released today.
- The officials note the budget's focus on spending reductions: “White House proposes FY2026 $1.7 trillion budget, down 7.6% from previous year." The officials add that the “proposed FY2026 budget includes lowest non-defense spending since 2000.”
- House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington (R-TX) told reporters, “President Trump's budget reflects his bold and unwavering commitment to reining in Washington’s runaway spending, right sizing the bloated federal bureaucracy, and putting our nation on a path to balance. President Trump’s budget is a battle plan for restoring economic freedom and fiscal sanity in Washington before it’s too late.” per Chad Pergram at Fox News.
- Despite a purported 13% increase in defence spending, Senate Armed Forces Committee Chair Roger Wicker (R-MI) issued a critical statement, accusing the OMB of cutting defence spending in real terms.
- Wicker: “OMB is not requesting a trillion-dollar budget. It is requesting a budget of $892.6 billion, which is a cut in real terms. This budget would decrease President Trump’s military options and his negotiating leverage.”
- Wicker’s statement could foreshadow a standoff between defence hawks and conservatives over defence spending that could spill into the ongoing House of Representatives markup of the ‘One Big Beautiful’ reconciliation bill.
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