Reed says he's open to revisiting budget caps if Ukraine supp fails in House

By Tony Bertuca / March 18, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed (D-RI) said today that he would be open to possibly breaking the budget caps set by a two-year spending deal if House Republicans fail to pass a supplemental spending package to aid Ukraine and replenish U.S. weapons that have been transferred there. “I think without a supplemental, we're in sort of unknown country,” Reed, who is also a Senate appropriator, said during a call with the Defense Writers Group. “Just keeping our Defense...

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