The Senate passed a GOP budget blueprint Friday with a 52-49 vote that would boost the Defense Department's overseas contingency operations spending to $89 billion, while capping the base budget at $499 billion in fiscal year 2016 in accordance with the 2011 Budget Control Act. The Senate move comes one day after the House approved a budget resolution that caps DOD base spending at $499 billion, but increases the OCO account to $96 billion. Both resolutions are non-binding, but are...
