McConnell’s absence imperils Trump’s record defense budget
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- Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) from Capitol Hill is throwing another wrench in President Trump’s uphill push for a massive $1.5 trillion defense spending package next year.
- McConnell, who has been in the hospital for more than three weeks, chairs the Senate Appropriations Defense subcommittee, the panel that controls Pentagon spending.
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The ongoing absence of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) from Capitol Hill is throwing another wrench in President Trump’s uphill push for a massive $1.5 trillion defense spending package next year. McConnell, who has been in the hospital for more than three weeks, chairs the Senate Appropriations Defense subcommittee, the panel that controls Pentagon spending.
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