Republican Budgets in Both House and the Senate Add to Military Spending

The New York Times: WASHINGTON — Congressional defense hawks seized the upper hand in their fight with deficit hawks on Thursday, securing billions of dollars for the Pentagon in a victory that presages a broader revolt against tight spending limits.

After intervention by Republican leaders, the House Budget Committee voted out an otherwise austere spending plan, promising to add $2 billion in additional “emergency” war funding to a budget that already raised combat funds by $38 billion. That money, over the objections of deficit hawks, will be added Monday as the full House prepares to debate the tax-and-spending blueprint.

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