Department of Defense Heeds Merkley, Senate Budget Committee Democrats' Call to Release Unclassified Spend Plan for National Security Funding From the Big, Ugly Betrayal Law
February 24, 2026
February 24, 2026
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2026:
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Department of Defense Heeds Merkley, Senate Budget Committee Democrats' Call to Release Unclassified Spend Plan for National Security Funding from the Big, Ugly Betrayal Law
Hegseth Was Preventing Congressional Oversight by Classifying the Full Spend Plan
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Department of Defense Heeds Merkley, Senate Budget Committee Democrats' Call to Release Unclassified Spend Plan for National Security Funding from the Big, Ugly Betrayal Law
Hegseth Was Preventing Congressional Oversight by Classifying the Full Spend Plan
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Today, after Se . . .