The House Committee on Armed Service’s proposal for next year’s defense budget covers sharp policy disagreements between the panel’s majority Democrats and its minority Republican members, setting off a series of likely political skirmishes.
The plan by Chairman Adam Smith would cut $17 billion from the Trump administration’s $750 billion request. The proposed Senate defense authorization bill is at the president’s $750 billion requested level, creating yet another point of tension of Capitol Hill.
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