Patty Murray happy on Defense spending

Chetanya Robinson

Chetanya Robinson Jun 28, 2025

Jan 12, 2018

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                <h1>Patty Murray happy on Defense spending</h1>
                <h2><p>The Senate’s latest version of a military budget for next fiscal year includes funding for several projects important to U.S Sen. Patty Murray. The Washington Democrat is a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, which decides how federal funding will be spent on military</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/chetanyarobinson-gmail-com/">Chetanya Robinson</a></p> 
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            <p>The Senate’s latest version of a military budget for next fiscal year includes funding for several projects important to U.S Sen. Patty Murray. The Washington Democrat is a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, which decides how federal funding will be spent on military projects. The latest budget, she said in a press release, for the 2017 year, which passed the subcommittee with bipartisan support on Tuesday, will include $1 billion for a new heavy icebreaker in the Arctic, and $207 million on two aircraft from Boeing. Murray also advocated for $25 million to go toward legal advice for military victims of sexual assault and $5 million for a Women in Military Service Museum at Arlington National Cemetery. This will be the first museum dedicated to honoring women in all branches of the military, she said in a press release.</p><p>The full Senate and the House have to agree on the spending details before the budget can take effect.</p>
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The Senate’s latest version of a military budget for next fiscal year includes funding for several projects important to U.S Sen. Patty Murray. The Washington Democrat is a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, which decides how federal funding will be spent on military projects. The latest budget, she said in a press release, for the 2017 year, which passed the subcommittee with bipartisan support on Tuesday, will include $1 billion for a new heavy icebreaker in the Arctic, and $207 million on two aircraft from Boeing. Murray also advocated for $25 million to go toward legal advice for military victims of sexual assault and $5 million for a Women in Military Service Museum at Arlington National Cemetery. This will be the first museum dedicated to honoring women in all branches of the military, she said in a press release.

The full Senate and the House have to agree on the spending details before the budget can take effect.

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By Chetanya Robinson

Chetanya Robinson is a former intern with Crosscut. He was born and raised in Seattle and graduated from the University of Washington in fall 2016. He enjoys reporting on an eclectic range of topics,