Andrew Taylor writes the budget could still be amended on the House floor next week as fiscal conservatives called for $20 billion of the added $36 billion overseas contingency funds to be offset by reductions elsewhere in the budget.
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said the amendments will focus on removing the restrictions in accessing the added funds even as he believes the full $38 billion increase in President Barack Obama’s budget request will be approved on the floor, the report said.
Vicki Needham reported earlier on The Hill that Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) had originally pushed for a $90 billion overseas war fund, while Rep. Todd Rokita (R-Ind.) proposed an amendment for $96 billion without offsets.
Price adjourned the committee Wednesday as he and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) worked to negotiate support for the budget plan, the report said.