(Refiles to spell out ‘billion’ in headline) WASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) – A Republican-controlled committee in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday unveiled a $95 billion blueprint for a new partisan spending package that would include $73 billion in new funds over 10 years for defense and intelligence operations. The 47-page budget resolution, which […]
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WASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) – A Republican-controlled committee in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday unveiled a $95 billion blueprint for a new partisan spending package that would include $73 billion in new funds over 10 years for defense and intelligence operations.
The 47-page budget resolution, which the House Budget Committee is scheduled to consider on Thursday, would also authorize decade-long expenditures of $10 billion to incentivize states to implement portions of Trump’s partisan SAVE America Act and $12 billion for agriculture programs.
House leaders hope to pass the budget resolution next week and move quickly to enact the spending plan through a budget reconciliation bill intended to circumvent opposition from Democrats in the Senate. But it is unclear whether either measure can pass the Senate.
(Reporting by David Morgan, Editing by William Maclean)