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Representative Brendan Boyle criticized the budget proposal, arguing that Republican priorities were 'out of whack' regarding military versus domestic spending.
Republished from Los Angeles Times, with credit to the original publisher.
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Russell Vought defended the White House’s proposed increase in defense spending to nearly $1.5 trillion, while Democrats challenged the plan’s scale and its proposed cuts to domestic programs. Vought said upfront funding was needed to expand weapons production and shipbuilding, but said the administration had not settled on additional funding for the current-year Iran war.
President whose administration proposed the budget and whose Iran policy was discussed at the hearing
Trump's version of this story ↗White House budget director who defended the proposed defense spending increase
Vought's version of this story ↗
Chairman of the House Budget Committee
Arrington's version of this story ↗
Democratic representative questioning the defense increase
Balint's version of this story ↗
Democratic representative questioning supplemental funding
Outlets across the center of the spectrum agree on the adversarial tone of the hearing, with AP News and WTOP News both highlighting Representative Brendan Boyle’s description of the budget priorities as "out of whack." While the coverage is largely consistent, GV Wire focuses on Boyle’s specific challenge to the administration's fraud-reduction claims, while 2paragraphs frames the interaction as a direct "grilling" of the budget director.
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