The House appropriations defense subcommittee is poised to support a fiscal year 2017 defense spending bill that would shift $16 billion of the Pentagon's warfighting account to the base budget, closely following a bill offered by House authorizers, but called "astoundingly irresponsible" by Democrats. The proposed legislation, which the House appropriations defense subcommittee is slated to vote on Wednesday in closed session, "targets approximately $16 billion of [OCO] funding to meet needs within the base Pentagon budget," according to a...
