The top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee expects that Congress will use continuing resolutions for the duration of fiscal year 2011 instead of passing a spending bill. Rep. Norm Dicks (D-WA), also the ranking member on the defense appropriations subcommittee, said following President Obama's State of the Union address last night that he thinks Congress will pass a "full-year CR with anomalies." Dicks also said defense spending cuts in the neighborhood of $11 billion to $13 billion could be...
