Republicans added $150 billion to the War Department’s budget last year in anticipation of Democrats using a government shutdown for political leverage, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, told Newsmax on Tuesday.
Appearing on “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” Roy said GOP lawmakers saw this moment coming and took steps to ensure military operations and troop pay could continue even if Democrats refused to pass a clean funding bill.
“When we set out a year ago to have the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ have $150 billion of additional money in it for the Defense Department, we were looking ahead to this moment because we knew what Democrats would do,” Roy said.
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