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Congress shifted a big chunk of the Pentagon's fiscal 2023 budget to reflect lawmakers' priorities, sometimes with little oversight.

WASHINGTON -- Congress directed the Pentagon to spend $12.2 billion in the current fiscal year on nearly 1,000 different “program increases” in the Defense spending bill’s research account alone, projects pushed by lawmakers that the Defense Department did not publicly request, according to a previously unpublicized database.

Member-driven increases to research projects within the Pentagon's budget have surged, with little scrutiny.

The bridge has been in place in Warburton, Greater Manchester for more than 125 years and the 12p fee has been in place since 1890 - however controversial plans to hike it to £1 have left many furious

Warburton is best known for its controversial toll bridge

Defense Department appropriations legislation for the current fiscal year funded more than $58 billion worth of military projects that the administration did not request, according to a first-of-its-kind Pentagon report.

Additions made by Congress to the Defense Department's budget included money for disaster response, the war in Ukraine, ships and more.