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Sen. John McCain called President Trumps proposed defense budget totally inadequate.

President Donald Trumps defense budget request seeks billions in extra funds for the military but falls well short of what some Republican lawmakers have sought.

CNN reports the sought-after funds represent only a roughly 3% increase over what former President Barack Obama said his administration would seek for fiscal year 2018, causing Trumps request to be met with fierce criticism from defense hawks on Capitol Hill. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain said the budget was totally inadequate, and House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry said it was basically the Obama approach with a little bit more, but not much.

Also read: What Trumps budget would cut and boost

Girding for the CBO report: Republicans in Congress are bracing for a report Wednesday expected to say their Obamacare repeal plan would leave millions of Americans without health insurance, further complicating their efforts to pass legislation quickly. As Politico writes, the Congressional Budget Offices score comes three weeks after House Republicans rushed to vote on the legislation without an update on its cost. The original House bill would have meant that 24 million more Americans would be uninsured over a decade. The new version may not show a much better figure.

Also read: What to watch in the CBOs score of the Republican health-care bill.

Senate pressured on health vote: Senate Republicans, meanwhile, are under increasing pressure to pass an Obamacare repeal-and-replace measure before the congressional recess in August. The Hill writes Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is wary of committing to a specific deadline after the House struggled to pass a bill. But the White House wants the upper chamber to hit the gas, the Hill says.

Infrastructure plan criticized: Trumps $1 trillion infrastructure plan isnt getting the immediate bipartisan support he may have been hoping for, Bloomberg writes. Democrats blasted the plan, contained in Trumps budget, to spend $200 billion over 10 years to spur at least $800 billion in state, local and private infrastructure investment. They said the federal spending would be offset by cuts to existing programs already funding transportation projects. The fuzzy math and sleight of hand cant hide the fact that the presidents $200 billion plan is more than wiped out by other cuts to key infrastructure programs, said Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer.

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