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Tag: 2025 defense spending impasse
Budgetary Showdown: Constitutional Fault Lines and Policy Stakes in the 2025 Defense Spending Impasse
On May 23, 2025, federal budget negotiations in Washington ground to a halt over a dispute on defense appropriations. The 2025 Defense Spending Impasse centers on whether to maintain current annual increases for the Department of Defense or to reallocate a portion of funding toward domestic priorities such as infrastructure, healthcare, and climate resilience. This stalemate not only threatens a partial government shutdown but also exposes deep constitutional and political tensions regarding Congressional power of the purse, executive discretion, and the scope of national security spending (PBS NewsHour, May 23, 2025).