{"id":2603145,"date":"2026-05-15T12:05:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T16:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eighty-house-republicans-back-482-million-nato-cut-to-boost-us-bases\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T12:07:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T16:07:38","slug":"eighty-house-republicans-back-482-million-nato-cut-to-boost-us-bases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eighty-house-republicans-back-482-million-nato-cut-to-boost-us-bases\/","title":{"rendered":"Eighty House Republicans back $482 million NATO cut to boost US bases"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feighty-house-republicans-back-482-million-nato-cut-to-boost-us-bases%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2603145&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>eighty House Republicans voted against a measure that would cut nearly $482 million from NATO\u2019s Security Investment Program and redirect the funds to U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-wall-funding-returned-to-military-for-various-infrastructure-projects\/\" title=\"Border wall funding returned to ... for various ...\">military construction<\/a>. Offered by Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) as an amendment to a war appropriations bill, it was rejected by the full House in a 333-80 vote. Steube argued that the U.S. pays while some NATO members don\u2019t fully support America when it counts. Though, the defeat also reflected a GOP split, with 127 Republicans joining Democrats and an independant who caucuses with Republicans to oppose the amendment.Supporters like Rep. Tim Burchett said some NATO allies benefit from U.S.protection without adequately backing U.S. interests. The vote took <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >place amid heightened criticism<\/a> of NATO by President Donald Trump,including complaints that NATO countries have refused assistance related to the Iran war and have denied access to bases in the Middle East for potential strikes. Secretary of State Marco rubio likewise questioned the purpose of NATO, citing allies\u2019 reluctance to help with reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for oil Europe depends on.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>Eighty <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"240\">House Republicans<\/a> voted on Friday for a measure to cut nearly 482 million from the military budget for the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nato\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"603\">North Atlantic Treaty Organization<\/a> and put the money into American military bases. <\/p>\n<p>Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) offered the measure as an amendment to a war department appropriations bill. If passed, it would have shifted \u201c$481,832,000 from the NATO Security Investment Program\u201d to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-terminates-military-border-wall-construction-cancels-contracts\/\" title=\"Biden Terminates ... Border Wall Construction, Cancels Contracts\">military construction projects<\/a> at U.S. bases.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4570190\/trump-accept-twenty-year-uranium-enrichment-ban-iran\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump would accept 20-year uranium enrichment ban for Iran<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4569895\/trump-xi-china-impressed-iran-war-oil-imports\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says China \u2018impressed\u2019 by Iran war, hints at Beijing resuming US oil imports<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4564514\/russia-unleashes-massive-attack-ukraine-ceasefire\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Russia unleashes massive multiday attack on Ukraine following three-day ceasefire<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>The NATO Security Investment Program is a pool of money that all 32 countries in the alliance contribute to, funding digital and infrastructure projects. The United States and Germany are the biggest contributors to the program.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>\u201cThe U.S. keeps footing the bill for NATO while some of these countries refuse to fully back America when it actually matters,\u201d Stuebe <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepGregSteube\/status\/2055263401782198583?s=20\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepGregSteube\/status\/2055263401782198583?s=20\">wrote<\/a> in a post on X. \u201cTaxpayers should not be subsidizing \u2018allies\u2019 who expect our protection but won\u2019t show up for us.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Steube\u2019s amendment to include in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-overcomes-first-hurdle-for-military-spending-bill-despite-threats-from-hard-line-conservatives\/\" title=\"House passes ... spending ... despite conservative threats.\">military appropriations bill<\/a> was rejected by a 333-to-80 vote of the entire House.<\/p>\n<p>The resounding opposition figure, however, obscures the GOP split on the issue. Overall, 127 Republicans joined with 205 Democrats and Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-CA), an independent who caucuses with the GOP, to defeat the measure. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe sit here and defend them all, and then we get into a bind, and they just run for cover,\u201d said Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN), who voted for the measure. \u201cYet, we\u2019ve got all our military out there, all in their countries, protecting them. I\u2019m kind of sick of it. We need to start looking after the good old US of A.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The amendment came amid sharp criticism of NATO countries by President Donald Trump for refusing to help with the Iran war. The commander in chief, in particular, has griped that NATO countries have refused America the use of bases in the Middle East from which to launch strikes on Iran.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4567949\/rubio-asks-whats-the-purpose-of-nato-alliance\/\">RUBIO: \u2018WHAT\u2019S THE PURPOSE\u2019 OF NATO ALLIANCE?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump has also lambasted members of the alliance for shrugging off requests to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, despite much of the oil that Europe relies on navigating through the waterway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you have NATO partners denying you the use of those bases,\u201d Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Fox News this week. \u201cThen what\u2019s the purpose of the alliance? It starts becoming a \u2018they\u2019re allies when they want to be\u2019 kind of thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eighty House Republicans backed a measure cutting about $482M from NATO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4183,"featured_media":2603146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26022784372461_17a41c.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[79737,50462,32920,50459,38710],"class_list":["post-2603145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-defense-funding-2","tag-foreign-policy-2","tag-house-republicans","tag-nato-2","tag-u-s-congress"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26022784372461_17a41c.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2603145"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2603149,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603145\/revisions\/2603149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2603146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2603145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2603145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2603145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}