A group of Republican senators filed an amendment Tuesday to the newly proposed $3.5 trillionbudget resolution that would add $50 billion in defense-related spending, their second attemptafter the language didn’t receive a vote during debate on the bipartisan infrastructure bill.The amendment led by Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), the top Republican on the AppropriationsCommittee, along with Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), the Armed Services Committee rankingmember, and SASC Member Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) will be considered on Tuesday eveningduring the Senate’s ‘vote-a-rama’ for the budget resolution.
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