Defense, VA Funds On Way

摘要

In mid-November, Congress passed the FY 2008 Defense Appropriations Bill, demonstrating once again that Congress knows how to work backward. Normally, the process is to approve the Defense Authorization Bill (which authorizes force levels, benefit changes, and weapon programs) first, and then the Appropriations Bill (which funds whatever Congress authorized). But the normal legislative process was reversed this year, when Hill leaders couldn't finish the authorization bill before Thanksgiving.