The Sharri Briley Act, tucked into the Republican reconciliation bill, would cut the funding mechanism behind zero-down VA home loans - ending a benefit veterans earned through military service.

Common Defense is calling on Congress to vote no. Use the action link to contact your members. https://commondefense.us/actions/bost-home-tax/

#Veterans #VABenefits #BudgetReconciliation #Congress Please boost.

Don't Let Chairman Bost Raise fees for Veterans - Common Defense

Common Defense

Pentagon Leaders Defend Budget Strategy Before Congress

Top Pentagon officials, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, recently took to Capitol Hill to defend their budget strategy before Congress. They made a united front, appearing together to make their case during reconciliation hearings.

https://osintsights.com/pentagon-leaders-defend-budget-strategy-before-congress?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#NationalSecurity #DefenseStrategy #BudgetReconciliation #Pentagon #Congress

Pentagon Leaders Defend Budget Strategy Before Congress

Pentagon leaders defend budget strategy before Congress, learn more about their reconciliation hearing and coordinated appearance now.

OSINTSights

Trump’s 2027 Budget: A $500 Billion Pentagon Surge at the Expense of Seniors and the Nation

Blue Press Journal - The White House’s latest fiscal‑year 2027 budget request places an unprecedented $1.5 trillion in defense outlays on the table—an increase of roughly 42 % that eclipses any military expansion since the Cold War.  According to Reuters, the proposal earmarks nearly $500  billion for the Pentagon while slashing $73  billion from non‑defense programs.  The cuts are not abstract; they target the Environmental Protection Agency’s environmental‑justice […]

https://bluepress.blog/2026/04/04/trumps-2027-budget-a-500-billion-pentagon-surge-at-the-expense-of-seniors-and-the-nation/

@RickiTarr @maya_b
The Senate version actually increases the money cut from Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/comparing-medicaid-cuts-house-senate-trump-big-beautiful-bill/
#USPol #OBBB #Medicaid #Medicare #Obamacare #BudgetReconciliation
Comparing the Medicaid cuts in House and Senate "big, beautiful bill"

Senate and House Republicans would each cut Medicaid spending significantly, and there are some differences between the two bills.

CBS News

Senate Parliamentarian Rejects GOP Reconciliation Bill’s Anti-Abortion Provision

The provision violates the Byrd Rule, which restricts non-budgetary items from appearing in reconciliation bills.

https://voices.murica.website/?p=25397

Senate Parliamentarian Rejects GOP Reconciliation Bill’s Anti-Abortion Provision – The USA Potato

Speaking of playing by rules, explain for me please #Section 70302 of the #BudgetReconciliation #Bill --that reads like an outrighting capitulation by #Congress to the Project 2025 totalitarian agenda-- that allows court-ordered contempt orders to be ignored? 5/8