House Defense Authorization Bill First Step In Steep Climb Toward Budget Deal

By Tony Bertuca / April 29, 2015 at 11:17 AM
Defense budget watchers acknowledged the House's upcoming fiscal year 2016 defense policy bill authorizing a $90 billion overseas contingency operations fund was far from the final word on the matter as a host of variables remain in flux over the future of sequestration. "There is a lot of fixation on a potential . . . deal and how to fix the [Budget Control Act]," according to a congressional staffer close to the matter. "Any deal that is brokered, if it...

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