House, Senate Budget Resolutions Increase War Funds, Making Room for Nuclear Spending?

摘要

The House and Senate Budget Committees this week released their versions of the Fiscal Year 2016 budgetrnresolution, creating cautious optimism among nuclear weapons complex observers about how much extra defensernmoney—if any—will be available to lawmakers in Fiscal Year 2016 for nuclear modernization efforts. The SenaternBudget Committee adhered to the $523 billion defense cap put in place by the Budget Control Act, but anrnamendment by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) increased the amount for Overseas Contingency Operations fromrn$58 billion to $89 billion.