House passes budget-busting $658 billion defense bill

Published July 27, 2017 9:43pm ET



The House on Thursday passed a $658 billion, spending cap-busting bill to fund President Trump’s Department of Defense in 2018, as part of a larger bill focused on national security.

The department would get $584 billion for its base operations and another $74 billion for its war fund, called Overseas Contingency Operations. The appropriations bill, passed by a 235-192 vote, also includes a controversial measure supplying $1.6 billion for border fencing and improvements as part of Trump’s promise to build a wall along the U.S. boundary with Mexico.

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