Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was on Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a closed-door meeting with Republicans, trying to sell them on the importance of passing a third reconciliation bill and a supplemental as well to increase the defense budget to approximately $1.5 trillion.

The initial defense request calls for roughly $1 trillion in defense spending for fiscal 2027, while the administration is also supporting both a reconciliation package for roughly $350 billion more and an $80 billion supplemental to cover the costs of the Iran war.