The House and Senate versions of the congressional budget resolution include only a "small increase" to the Clinton administration's fiscal year 2001 defense spending request and could "severely constrain" funding for defense over the next 10 years, according to an analysis released yesterday by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. House lawmakers passed the CBR on March 24, adding $1 billion to the administration's $305.3 billion FY-01 defense budget request. The Senate Budget Committee yesterday included an extra $500...
