Appropriators expect 'skinny budget' by end of month

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) said today he expects the White House to send Congress a fiscal year 2026 "skinny budget" before the end of the month.

“We’re expecting the skinny budget . . . by the end of the month -- that the [Office of Management and Budget] has committed to us,” he said today at a conference in Washington hosted by GE Aerospace.

Cole pledged to have the defense appropriations bill complete and out of committee before Congress’ break in August.

Meanwhile, President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have promised the first $1 trillion defense budget.

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