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Congress weighs defense reconciliation bill and Dec. 11 funding deadline in lame duck
Tracking: Post-midterm lame-duck congressional agenda and funding deadlinePolicy matter over what Congress must finish in the post-midterm lame-duck session, including avoiding a shutdown at the Dec. 11 funding deadline, extending expiring farm and surface transportation laws, passing the NDAA, and deciding on a permitting reform bill, a college sports bill, and a possible final reconciliation bill.
Defense
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- Semafor · Wednesday, Nov 4
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- Most: Air & Space Forces Magazine (2)
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30 days back, 14 ahead · hollow = scheduledWhat's happening
Updated 2d agoCongress is in a six-week lame-duck session with a Dec. 11 funding deadline, and Republicans are debating a party-line reconciliation bill with $350 billion for defense before Democrats take the House in January. Senate Republicans are divided and face procedural hurdles, and experts doubt the White House's $1.5 trillion FY2027 defense request can pass before the deadline. Other open items are the NDAA, farm and surface transportation extensions, a permitting bill and a college sports bill.
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Hill
From news coverageSenate Republicans are split on a lame-duck reconciliation bill: Wicker, Johnson, Banks and Hoeven back it, while McConnell, Collins, Paul and Hawley oppose it and Thune is mixed or opposed. The NDAA talks are contentious.
Contracts
From news coverageThe White House seeks $1.5 trillion for FY2027 defense, split between a $1.15 trillion base bill and $350 billion through reconciliation. Experts see passage before Dec. 11 as unlikely, and the Freedom Caucus wants appropriations at existing levels.
Pressure
From news coverageThe House Freedom Caucus is pressing leaders on border codification, voter ID, a defense and tax reconciliation package and a permitting bill. Analysts such as CSBA's Travis Sharp warn against a harmful continuing resolution, and Democrats like Adam Smith and Rosa DeLauro resist the defense topline and paired nondefense cuts.
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A dot per article · ringed = earliest in our sourcesForces at work
share of articles- Legislation6 · 100%Republicans are divided over a final party-line reconciliation bill with $350B for defense. The Dec. 11 funding deadline, NDAA, permitting reform, farm and transportation extensions, and the college sports bill are all pending.Donald Trump · John Thune · Roger Wicker · Rand Paul · Josh Hawley
In the news
6 articles2d agoNewsweekTrump Pushes $350B Military Bill, Says Democrats Will ‘Block and Resist’ 4d agoYahooRepublicans reckon with Iran war funding quagmire 4d agoAir & Space Forces MagazineWith $1.5 Trillion Defense Bill Unlikely, Congress Weighs Options 5d agoAir & Space Forces MagazineOriginalAfter Midterms, Congress Returns to Reckon with Defense Funding, NDAA 6d agoPoliticoFreedom Caucus lays out legislative priorities for lame-duck session 11d agoSemaforCongress faces long lame-duck to-do list