...Kate Blakeley, an analyst with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, predicted the budget resolution will face a “rough road” in the House. “In the Senate, both Republicans and Democrats have agreed to move ahead with drafting appropriations bills at the BBA 2015 level and have no interest in re-opening the appropriations battles of last year,” she said. “Unless the House can find a way to agree to the negotiated levels for defense and non-defense spending, the chances of a funding showdown, shutdown or continuing resolution go way up -- a disastrous scenario for the Pentagon.”
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