House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) said today he wants to work with his Senate counterparts to send a final fiscal year 2019 defense authorization bill to President Trump by the end of July. Thornberry told reporters he is confident the bill can be out of a conference committee by the end of next month because both sides of Capitol Hill have agreed to fund defense at $716 billion, sidestepping the normal arguments over spending. "The major obstacle...
