host: leo shane, deputy editor of "military times." you can follow his reporting on twitter as well at leo shane. thank you for joining us. week,congress this defense spending bill for 2019 and members are expected to vote on whether to go to conference with senate over approving policies and programs for the next fiscal year. it is also possible they will bring up a bill on immigration and border security that was debated last week. the senate returns tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. eastern to debate a spending package. vote ispassage scheduled for 5:30 p.m. eastern and will be followed by another vote on whether there will be federal debate on the 2019 farm bill. live coverage of the senate on c-span2. the c-span buses traveling across the country on our 50 capitals tour. it is in juneau, alaska, asking folks what the most important issue is. >> we are in the middle of a budget crisis. we're used to having a lot of money come in. also, with lower oil prices we are not getting the revenue we are used to. there are other revenue streams that nee

leo shane with "military times". what are the main priorities versus the president's request? >> it is pretty close to the president's request. and looking at the same level of military end strength. and same level for the military pay raise. and generally the same level of funding. little bit lower than what the administration asked for. we have gotten a note from mick mulvaney and wants to see those accounts fully restored. but it is pretty close. the two places that we have see the administration, this bill would purchase two extra lit oral ships with the administration we spent money offer and j-star program and another $00 million. minor things in the larger scope and pretty much in line with what the administration was looking for. host: reading some of your reporting, militarytimes.com, the headline. here's what the appropriators want. you quote the chair of the appropriations subcommittee, last year, we took the first big step to he rebuilding the military. what are the improved improvements to the military we see in the chairwoman's bill? >> she is talking about this

leo shane with "military times" what are the main priorities versus the president's request? >> it is pretty close to the president's request. and looking at the at the same level of military end strength. and same level for the military pay raise. and generally the same level of funding. little bit lower than what the administration asked for. we have gotten a note from milk mulvaney and wants to see those accounts fully restored. but it is pretty close. the two places that we have see the administration, this bill would purchase two extra lit ral ships with the administration we spent money offer and j-star program and another $00 million. minor things in the larger scope and in line. host: reading some of your porting, military, the headline. here's what the appropriators want. you quote the chair of the appropriations subcommittee, last year, we took the first big step to he rebuilding the military. what are the improved improvements? >> she is talking about this idea of rebuilding the military from trump and the republicans. we are talking about healthy increases, anothe

leo shane with "military times". what are the main priorities of the house in this bill versus the president's request? >> it is pretty close to the president's request on a lot of different issues here. we are looking at the same level of military end strength. a boost of over $15,000. we are looking at the same level for the military pay raise. about 15%. and generally the same level of funding. it is a little bit lower than what the administration asked for. we have gotten a note from mick mulvaney and wants to see those operations and maintenance accounts fully restored. but it is pretty close. the two places that we have see note administration send a over saying they would like to see corrected, this bill would purchase two extra lit oral ships with the administration we saying it's not what they asked for, and it's money better spent elsewhere. minor things in the larger scope of this and pretty much in line with what the administration was looking for. host: reading some of your previewing the debate for next

leo shane with "military times". what are the main priorities versus the president's request? >> it is pretty close to the president's request. and looking at the same level of military end strength. and same level for the military pay raise. and generally the same level of funding. little bit lower than what the administrati a

leo shane with military times, what are the main priorities of the house in this bill versus the president's request? >> but he goes to the pres.'s request on a lot of issues, looking at the same issues of military strength which is a boost above 15,000, 2.6% and generally the same level of funding, lower than what the administration asked for. we got

leo shane with "military times" what are the main priorities versus the president's request? >> it is pretty close to the president's request. and looking at the at the same level of military end strength. and same level for the military pay raise. and generally the same level of funding. little bit lower than what the administration asked for. we have gotten a note from milk mulvaney and wants to see those accounts fully resto

host: leo shane, deputy editor of "military times." thank you for joining us. >> next, live, your calls and comments on "washington journal ." on then a senate hearing cambridge analytic as involvement in the 2016 elections. followed by a hearing on russian interference in the 2016 elections. this weekend on american livery tv, c-span3, coverage from the gettysburg college civil war institute annual summer conference. starting this morning at 8:30 a.m. eastern with villanova professor east burke followed by an author regarding george gordon mean at the that george gordon meade at the battle of gettysburg. and wilson green on the battle of the crater during the siege of petersburg. our coverage continues sunday at nymex :00 a.m. eastern with new york historica

host: leo shane, deputy editor of "military times." you can follow his reporting on twitter, as well. thank you for joining us. >> here's a look at the week ahead in congress. the house returns for general speeches legislative business at 2:00. most of the weight will be spent on the defensive spending bill for 2019. members are expected to vote on whether to go to conference with the senate to work out differences between the bill authorizing defense policy bills for the next fiscal year. it's also possible the house will bring up a vote on immigration and border security legislation that was debated last night. the house was live on c-span. the senate returns at 3:00 p.m. eastern to resume spending on water projects. the legislative branch, latour construction, and the v.a.. a vote is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. eastern and followed by whether to begin formal debate on the 2019 foreign bill. live coverage from the senate on c-span two. this week, the c-span bus traveled to juneau, alaska as part of our 50 capitals to work. -- tour. a con

leo shane with military times, what are the main priorities of the house in this bill versus the president's request? >> but he goes to the pres.'s request on a lot of issues, looking at the same issues of military strength which is a boost above 15,000, 2.6% and generally the same level of funding, lower than what the administration asked for. we got a note from mick mulvaney saying he wants to see the operation and maintenance but it is pretty clear the places we see the administration send a note they would like to correct it. this bill would purchase two extra combat ships, purchase of the administration saying it is money better spent elsewhere and also talk about reauthorizing the program aircraft surveillance program. the minor scope pretty much in line with what we are looking for. >> reading your previewing the debate next week, militarytimes.com, more troops and aircraft. and what the defense budget, the chair of the appropriations subcommittee, we took the first big steps to rebuilding the military, this is the second step, the proposed improvement to the military we are seeing in