How to Use nondefense in a Sentence

nondefense

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  • That's a non-starter for House conservatives, who don't want to raise spending levels by that much on nondefense spending.
    — Amber Phillips, Washington Post, 2018-02-07
  • Democrats want the White House to agree to increase spending levels for defense and nondefense programs over the next two years.
    — Damian Paletta, BostonGlobe.com, 2019-07-15
  • Shipments and orders of nondefense capital goods had been on a steady uptrend over the first eight months of 2017.
    — Luke Kawa, Bloomberg.com, 2017-10-11
  • Democrats are asking for an equivalent increase in nondefense domestic spending in return.
    — Leigh Ann Caldwell, NBC News, 2018-01-03
  • The appropriations bill stemmed from a February deal in which leaders agreed to add tens of billions of dollars to both defense and nondefense spending over the next two years.
    — Cathleen Decker, latimes.com, 2018-03-22
  • Reagan did propose cuts to federal nondefense discretionary spending.
    — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 2020-07-31
  • Doing so will require Republicans and Democrats to compromise on both defense and nondefense spending levels, but an agreement has been elusive.
    — Mike Debonis and Ed O'Keefe, chicagotribune.com, 2017-12-14
  • The proposal for a family leave program was one of the few relatively large ticket items in a budget which is expected to contain sweeping reductions in spending on nondefense measures.
    — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 2017-05-19
  • The higher deficit projections come mostly from recent legislation to lift the nation's debt limit and reverse scheduled 10% cuts to defense and nondefense programs.
    — CBS News, 2019-08-21
  • The need to borrow more money has been aggravated by several bipartisan budget agreements to raise military and nondefense domestic discretionary spending.
    — Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 2019-08-21
  • And with a back-scratching deal now in sight to smash spending caps on both defense and nondefense programs (the former demanded by the GOP, the latter by Democrats), a final bargain is now just a matter of time.
    — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 2018-02-07
  • White House officials said Monday that Mr. Trump will seek to increase military spending by 10% above budget caps set into law for next year, offset by cuts to nondefense spending,...
    — Kristina Peterson, WSJ, 2017-02-27
  • Trump’s earlier blueprint proposed a $54 billion, 10 percent increase for the military above an existing cap on Pentagon spending, financed by an equal cut to nondefense programs.
    — Andrew Taylor, The Seattle Times, 2017-05-21
  • The new budget plan builds on Trump's March proposals, adding details to his goal of boosting defense spending by $54 billion, a 10 percent increase, for this year, with that boost financed by an equal cut to nondefense programs.
    — Fox News, 2017-05-23
  • An earlier blueprint from Trump proposed a $54 billion, 10 percent increase for the military above an existing cap on Pentagon spending, financed by an equal cut to nondefense programs.
    — Andrew Taylor, OrlandoSentinel.com, 2017-05-22
  • That would give leaders flexibility to add defense funds without worrying about breaking a bipartisan agreement reached in 2015 that requires Congress to give equal funding to defense and nondefense programs.
    — The Washington Post, Twin Cities, 2017-03-29
  • Trump's proposal on Monday even suggested spending about $57 billion less overall on nondefense programs even though Congress authorized that higher level in a bipartisan deal — one signed off on by Trump — just last week.
    — Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 2018-02-12
  • According to an analysis by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, nondefense spending would be cut by about $54 billion, or 10%.
    — Robert Farley and Eugene Kiely, USA TODAY, 2017-08-17

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