This week in Congress: The rush before spring break

Military Times: Congress prepares for a two-week legislative break starting Friday with another flurry of budget hearings on the defense and veterans affairs spending plans for fiscal 2020, with an eye towards advancing those issues next month.

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., told Politico last week that he is expecting to mark up his panel’s version of the annual defense authorization act in late May. House Armed Services Committee officials have said they expect to hold their annual marathon markup in June.

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