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Democrats Vow to Reject Trump’s Planned OCO Budget Raise

Democrats Vow to Reject Trump’s Planned OCO Budget Raise
Aerial of the Pentagon, the Department of Defense headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington DC, with I-395 freeway on the left, and the Air Force Memorial up middle.

House Democrats will reject President Trump’s plan to significantly boost overseas contingency operations (OCO) funds in the fiscal year 2020 budget request, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and House Budget Committee leaders said Feb. 25. The White House confirmed Monday its plan to use a boost in OCO funds to circumvent the spending caps imposed by the 2011 Budget Control Act and to increase defense dollars without requiring a similar boost in domestic discretionary funds, Russ Vought, acting director…

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