
The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday voted to approve a nearly $25 billion topline increase to its version of the next defense policy bill, with more than a dozen Democrats joining the panel’s GOP members in supporting the provision. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), the HASC ranking member, said the $23.9 billion in additional spending covers the full range of unfunded priorities submitted to Congress by the combatant commands and each of the services, as well as 200 member priorities…