# Congress Republicans seek $27 billion for ‘Golden Dome’ missile defense shield in Trump tax bill: Reuters

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/congress-republicans-seek-27-billion-for-golden-dome-missile-defense-shield-in-trump-tax-bill-reuters/
- Published: 2025-04-26T09:15:00-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image credit: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. No known restrictions on publication. Article by Mike Stone, Reuters. CNBC &#8211; April 24, 2025. Republicans in the U.S. Congress plan to introduce a sweeping $150 billion defense package that will give an initial $27 billion boost to President Donald Trump’s controversial Golden Dome missile defense shield and bolstering shipbuilding, according to a document and a congressional aide. The measure would supercharge the national defense budget with new money to build 14 warships and lift homeland security spending. This will add $150 billion to the already approved $886 billion national security budget for 2025. It will be part of Trump’s sweeping tax cuts bill, which will cut taxes by about $5 trillion and add approximately $5.7 trillion to the federal government’s debt over the next decade. [&#8230;] Click here to view original web page at www.cnbc.com
