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The House on Wednesday approved a $577.9 billion bill for funding the Defense Department in FY ’17, which began last October.The Pentagon has been operating under a continuing resolution in FY ’17. The resolution expires in late April.The bill passed the house by a vote of 233 to 185, with only five Democrats in favor and three Republicans against.The bill provides $516.1 billion in the DoD base budget and $61.8 billion for war funding under the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO)…
