Funding deal includes $696B for Pentagon
Posted on AllSides December 21st, 2020
From The Center
Congress’s massive year-end government spending and coronavirus relief deal includes $696 billion for the Pentagon for fiscal 2021.
The Pentagon funding is part of $1.4 trillion in the deal to fund the government through fiscal 2021. The 5,593-page bill, released Monday afternoon and expected to be voted on later in the day, also includes $900 billion for coronavirus relief.
The coronavirus relief portion of the bill includes an extension of an authority first approved in March that allows the Pentagon to reimburse contractors for delays and other added costs due...