The Trump administration’s move to “reprogram” Pentagon money to build Trump’s promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border has been the subject of a long-running dispute between the administration and Congress. Included in the GOP proposal are some of the $3.8 billion in Pentagon programs canceled in a “reprogramming” notice the Trump administration released this year. The coronavirus bill would put $260 million back into this program. Another Air Force program, for the F-35 aircraft, also was targeted for a $156 million cut by the Trump administration this year. ADHouse Democrats, however, made clear that they do not support the Pentagon spending in the Senate GOP’s package.

Source: Washington Post July 28, 2020 16:58 UTC