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Defense spending battle lines

CQ Budget, Ep. 246

Chairman Jack Reed, left, and ranking member Sen. Jim Inhofe are seen at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in 2021. Disputes in the panel over defense spending could stall appropriations.
Chairman Jack Reed, left, and ranking member Sen. Jim Inhofe are seen at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in 2021. Disputes in the panel over defense spending could stall appropriations. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)
By David Lerman and Peter Cohn
Posted June 17, 2022 at 1:48pm

A bipartisan Senate defense authorization bill upped the ante on defense spending for the coming fiscal year. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman and Peter Cohn explain the new battle lines over defense spending that could stall appropriations.

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