
Republicans on April 29 reached a budget deal that allows Congress to avoid exceeding budget caps by increasing wartime funds, a victory for GOP defense hawks against fiscal conservatives.The joint budget resolution--released by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) and House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-Ga.)--authorizes $96.3 billion in overseas contingency funding. That number is in line with the budgets the Senate and House drafted independently last month so that they could fund priorities laid out in the…