"Divided Republicans Clash with Trump Over Pentagon Funding: Senate Republicans are pushing back against President Trump's latest demand for a hefty Pentagon budget boost, sparking a fresh round of internal party tensions. Just days after navigating a grueling 18-hour voting marathon to pass a $70 billion immigration enforcement package, GOP senators are showing little appetite for Trump's request to allocate an additional $350 billion to the military through the budget reconciliation process. The move would be the third time this year Congress has utilized the reconciliation process, a tactic typically reserved for non-defense spending, to bypass traditional budgetary constraints. As lawmakers struggle to find common ground, the White House's latest push for Pentagon funding is set to test the limits of Republican unity and Trump's influence within the party."
Senate Republicans say they are in no mood to back President Trump’s demand that Congress use the budget reconciliation process a third time to provide another $350 billion to the Pentagon. The GOP senators, who just slogged through an overnight 18-hour series of votes last week to pass a $70 billion package funding immigration enforcement...
