White House seeks $17.5 billion for Golden Dome, but most funding hinges on reconciliation

The Trump administration’s Golden Dome missile defense system might get $17.5 billion in fiscal 2027 after receiving a $23 billion down payment through a reconciliation bill passed last summer. 

But almost all the funding for President Donald Trump’s ambitious missile defense shield hinges on another reconciliation bill – the White House is asking Republicans to pass a significant portion of the president’s massive $1.5 trillion defense budget request through the party-line reconciliation process. 

To get to the $1.5 trillion figure, the White House wants $1.15 trillion to come through the regular appropriations process, while another $350 billion through reconciliation process.

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