The House Appropriations Committee will stick to a GOP-crafted budget resolution that features a $90 billion overseas contingency operations account for the Pentagon when lawmakers mark up the fiscal year 2016 defense spending bill, despite Defense Secretary Ash Carter's recent declaration that the spending framework is a "road to nowhere." Jennifer Hing, a spokeswoman for the committee, told InsideDefense.com on Thursday that House appropriators would follow the budget resolution in all its bills, including defense. The resolution, which recently...
