This week in Congress: New military money and a new VA Secretary

Defense News: Lawmakers will pack in a host of veterans and defense business before their short July 4 recess, with a defense appropriations vote expected in the House this week and a Veterans Affairs confirmation hearing in the Senate on Wednesday.

The debate over the $675 billion appropriations plan, expected to be approved after a week of partisan amendment fights on the House floor, sets up the possiblity of Congress advancing federal budget bills months early than has been the recent practice.

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