The GOP-led Senate Armed Services Committee, as expected, has approved $750 billion in total defense spending for fiscal year 2020, according to a summary of the panel’s authorization bill . Though the Democrat-led House Armed Services Committee will not vote on its version of the bill until next month, House appropriators earlier this week approved an FY-20 Pentagon budget that staffers said will likely align with a total defense topline closer to $733 billion. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim...
