The House Armed Services Committee advanced its $150 billion portion of Republicans’ megabill on Tuesday with the support of several Democrats, even as most lambasted it as a “blank check” for a Pentagon in chaos and a defense chief who can’t be trusted.
The 35-21 committee vote came after Republicans thwarted more than 20 Democrat amendments aimed at gutting key funding provisions and highlighting complaints about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s leadership…
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