The House and Senate budget committees released a revised spending resolution for fiscal year 2017 on Jan. 4 that, despite some early confusion on what it means for defense funding, is solely focused on repealing the Affordable Care Act, according to congressional aides. The GOP-authored resolution , however, states things that some defense analysts found curious. First, the resolution, which says nothing about lifting caps set by the 2011 Budget Control Act, shows a planned decrease in defense spending from...
