Mitch McConnell’s absence is throwing Trump’s Pentagon budget boost in doubt
The former GOP leader has been absent as the bipartisan appropriations process he helps oversee has run aground.
McConnell — who chairs the Senate Appropriations panel that controls Pentagon spending — has been a powerful critic of the administration’s approach to securing a $1.5 trillion boost for the military. His support will be key in moving any funding plan forward, and his absence could stall or kill those hopes.
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