House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) and 30 other GOP lawmakers are asking the House Budget Committee to approve a fiscal year 2016 Pentagon base budget that is at least $566 billion, or $32 billion more than President Obama has requested -- breaking the Budgetary Control Act spending caps by $67 billion and setting the stage for a internal GOP standoff over defense spending. The request came in a Feb. 27 letter Thornberry and his fellow lawmakers sent...
