article_snippet: While Obama has advocated for a leaner military, it is, ironically, conservatives in Congress who are currently standing in the way of a massive increase in defense spending to replace the armed services divisions depleted coffers.
article_snippet: Obama has called for an end to defense spending caps demanded by sequestration legislation as part of Obama fiscal year 2016 budget.
article_snippet: Defense hawks on the right also want to re-up the defense department's resources.
article_snippet: But fiscal conservatives believe that fulfilling the party's promise to balance the budget over the next decade and put a dent in the federal deficit is of greater importance.
article_snippet: The official budget put forward by House Republicans on Tuesday leaves the sequester in place while instead expanding an overseas account for the military.
article_snippet: The White House on Tuesday called The White House a 'slush fund' intended to give Republicans, generally known as aggressively in favor of the military, 'political cover' while Senate Armed Services Chairman John McCain, a former Republican presidential nominee' described The White House as a gimmick.