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Hill added $100 billion-plus since 2022 on unrequested weapons - Roll Call

Appropriators have proposed a total of $52.2 billion for 1,403 “program increases” to the Pentagon’s weapons budget request for fiscal 2026

Hill wants $15 billion for weapons Pentagon didn't seek: report - Roll Call

Hill wants $15 billion for weapons Pentagon didn't seek: report - Roll Call

A new report from Taxpayers for Common Sense found that lawmakers pushed to add $15 billion the Pentagon didn't request to defense prorams.

Defense spending bills see another surge in unrequested items - Roll Call

Defense spending bills see another surge in unrequested items - Roll Call

House and Senate appropriators want $38 billion in fiscal 2025 defense spending that the White House didn't request.

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Members want $26 billion for programs the Pentagon didn’t seek - Roll Call

Add-ons being sought by members of Congress are often requested by contractors, universities or a far-flung Defense outpost.

Hill-favored projects called defense budget’s ‘black hole’

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.

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Hill-favored projects called defense budget's 'black hole' - Roll Call

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

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