Putting hundreds of billions of dollars for the fiscal year 2027 budget request in a reconciliation package rather than the traditional discretionary funding process limits key oversight capabilities of Congress, House Appropriations defense subcommittee Chairman Ken Calvert (R-CA) said today. Some of the Democrats on the subcommittee, speaking during the budget hearing for the Air and Space Forces, agreed and even questioned whether Congress should expect future budgets to be split in the same way. During the hearing, Calvert pointed...