House Democrats have crafted a stopgap spending measure that allows the Pentagon an exemption from normal restrictions so it can award contracts for the Navy's first two Columbia-class submarines. Congress has not yet agreed to a fiscal year 2021 spending package. The stopgap measure, known as a continuing resolution, would fund the federal government until Dec. 11, thus averting a shutdown on Oct. 1. The House is expected to vote on the CR this week. The CR "makes apportioned funding...
