{"id":631,"date":"2026-07-06T06:06:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T01:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=631"},"modified":"2026-07-06T06:06:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T01:06:25","slug":"hegseths-budget-sales-pitch-falls-flat-with-gop-lawmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=631","title":{"rendered":"Hegseth\u2019s budget sales pitch falls flat with GOP lawmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/98\/46\/b5e66cbc489aa191b3d47cef02e6\/u-s-congress-51995.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-v-5d6b1cb2=\"\"><!--[--><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"plain-text-block\" class=\"font-text text-[length:var(--dimension-typescale-body-l)] text-[var(--color-text-primary)] leading-[1.6] mt-5 md:mt-[1.875rem]\">House Armed Services Committee member <!--[--><!--[-->Rick McCormick<!--]--><!--]--> (R-Ga.) said he also wants to see some of the military windfall offset by government program cuts. But he acknowledged that many of those trade-offs may make the package harder to pass through Congress.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"plain-text-block\" class=\"font-text text-[length:var(--dimension-typescale-body-l)] text-[var(--color-text-primary)] leading-[1.6] mt-5 md:mt-[1.875rem]\">Some Republicans who attended insisted the boost was necessary.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"plain-text-block\" class=\"font-text text-[length:var(--dimension-typescale-body-l)] text-[var(--color-text-primary)] leading-[1.6] mt-5 md:mt-[1.875rem]\">\u201cWe\u2019re competing with China, so we need to build our military up,\u201d said Sen. <!--[--><!--[-->Ronny Jackson<!--]--><!--]--> (R-Texas), a member of the House Armed Services Committee. \u201cSo we need to get this money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"plain-text-block\" class=\"font-text text-[length:var(--dimension-typescale-body-l)] text-[var(--color-text-primary)] leading-[1.6] mt-5 md:mt-[1.875rem]\"><!--[-->Hegseth<!--]-->, who declined to speak to reporters after the meeting, wrote in <!--[--><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/23\/opinion\/hegseth-we-must-spend-big-on-defense-to-save-americas-economic-might\/\" class=\"text-[var(--color-link-default)]\" data-linkextra=\"false\"><!--[-->a New York Post editorial this week<!--]--><\/a><!----><!--]--> that the \u201cfuture of America\u2019s economic and fiscal health depends on\u201d fully funding the White House spending request.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"plain-text-block\" class=\"font-text text-[length:var(--dimension-typescale-body-l)] text-[var(--color-text-primary)] leading-[1.6] mt-5 md:mt-[1.875rem]\"><!--[-->Trump<!--]--> this month issued an ultimatum to congressional Republicans to pass the $350 billion in extra defense funding \u201cimmediately.\u201d But any bill is likely to take several weeks to wind through the House and Senate, even if leaders can marshall enough support. <\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"plain-text-block\" class=\"font-text text-[length:var(--dimension-typescale-body-l)] text-[var(--color-text-primary)] leading-[1.6] mt-5 md:mt-[1.875rem]\">The House Appropriations Committee is expected to advance the $1.1 trillion base budget plan for the Pentagon late Wednesday. 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