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The House Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved its $826.5 billion fiscal year 2024 defense spending bill, which includes a nearly $2 billion cut to multi-year procurement for select munitions and a slew of GOP-led proposals Democratic members criticized as “needlessly divisive.” The bill, which was passed along a party line 34 to 24 vote, aligns with the defense spending cap set in the debt ceiling agreement passed earlier this month. Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chair of the Appropriations Defense Subcommittee,…
