Senate approves Pentagon funding bill, puts on-time budget within reach

Published September 18, 2018 4:59pm ET



The Senate on Tuesday passed annual funding for the Pentagon, sending the legislation to the House and putting an on-time defense budget within reach.

The $674 billion appropriations legislation, approved on a 93-7 vote, gives a nearly $20 billion hike to the military’s current budget. It increases troop numbers and includes more F-35 joint strike fighters and Navy littoral combat ships than the Pentagon requested.

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