Common Dreams 
By JULIA CONLEY
With legislation to reduce childhood poverty and advance renewable energy stalled in Congress, the Biden administration is expected to request more than $770 billion in Pentagon and related spending for the fiscal year beginning in October.
“This is absurd,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) said in response to the news.
“We can and must cut defense spending and invest in our communities, families, and climate.”
The expected budget request, first reported by Reuters Wednesday, is tens of billions of dollars more than former Republican President Donald Trump ever requested and contrasts with widespread public demand for increased investment in middle- and lower-class Americans and an end to bloated military budgets…
