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The National Defense Authorization Act provides a template for allocating and authorizing the budget for the Defense Department, and, according to Allen Hester who leads the Nuclear Disarmament and Pentagon Spending portfolio from the Friends Committee on National Legislation. For the first time, this Act, with a budget proposal of $1.15 Trillion has passed the House on party lines, rather than bi-partisan, and includes an increase of $250 Million over the last budget. It appears to be stalled in the Senate, where Democratic senators fear approving the increase could signal approval of Trump's war with Iran.
