The Senate on Thursday voted down a Republican proposal that would have required increasing defense spending to match every dollar added to non-defense spending. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member on the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), the top Republican on the Appropriations Committee, had offered the parity rule as an amendment to a new bill being considered to bolster technology efforts to stay ahead of China. The amendment failed by a 44-53 vote with three Republicans,…
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