Jonathan Weisman writes the Republican-crafted budget would increase the OCO funding allocation to $96 billion without a requirement to offset the proposed $20 billion increase through cuts in other programs.
The spending blueprint also seeks to reduce the U.S. deficit by $5.5 trillion and balance the federal budget within a decade, according to the newspaper.
John Bennett reported for Defense News that the House-approved $3.8 trillion budget proposal offers a total of $568 billion in defense base and war spending for the next fiscal year.
A Senate version of the 2016 budget resolution includes an $89 billion OCO fund and could come up for a floor vote on late Thursday or early Friday, according to Bennett’s article.