Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran (R-MS) has offered the first congressional proposal for a short-term continuing resolution that would fund the federal government until Dec. 11, while defunding Planned Parenthood and providing $74.4 billion to the Defense Department in overseas contingency operations funding. Under a CR, all requested DOD spending in fiscal year 2016 is frozen at FY-15 levels and planned production increases in weapon systems are not allowed. Cochran's bill , however, supports a "limited number of funding...
