BUDGET EXPLAINER: Senate Republicans Reach for Historic Levels of Militarized Spending at the Expense of Human Needs

Feb. 12, 2025

Senate Republicans are aiming to cut federal spending on social services while increasing the budget by at least $346 billion over the next four years ($86.5 billion annually) to fund the Pentagon and a disastrous and cruel mass deportation plan. Policymakers must step up to help struggling families, not tear families apart while enriching corporations and billionaires at the expense of working people.