Senate appropriators whack Trump administration for $10B procurement shortfall

By Tony Bertuca / July 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The Senate Appropriations Committee today said the Trump administration's historically late budget -- and its bifurcated fiscal year 2026 request -- contributed to a $10 billion disconnect in funding for priority procurements that were left out of the White House's budget submission and not accounted for in the recently passed reconciliation bill. The committee, in the report accompanying its version of the fiscal year 2026 defense spending bill, said it received a nearly $10 billion “supplementary unfunded priorities list” from...

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