The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee doesn't see any viable option to reach a spending agreement before the current continuing resolution expires next week, as Republicans focus on moving a tax-reform package through the Senate. The stopgap spending measure expires Dec. 8. "There is no solution," House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA) told reporters today about getting around the spending caps set by the 2011 Budget Control Act. "Every single option that is on...
