GOP's 10-year budget vision shows boost for defense, but cuts OCO

By Tony Bertuca / June 21, 2018 at 5:00 AM
House Republicans released a 10-year budget blueprint this week -- influenced by the party's anti-deficit contingent -- that delivers mixed news for defense spending and would slash discretionary and entitlement funds. The plan , released by the House Budget Committee, is non-binding, has little impact on fiscal year 2019 spending legislation, and is unlikely to pass Congress. But Mark Cancian, a defense budget analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the document could be read as evidence...

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