House appropriators are moving ahead with a $1.07 trillion fiscal 2027 defense spending bill while sharply criticizing the Trump administration's decision to divide major Pentagon investments between annual appropriations and separate reconciliation funding, arguing the approach creates uncertainty for weapons procurement and industrial-base planning, according to a congressional document obtained by Inside Defense . In report language accompanying the House Appropriations defense subcommittee’s bill, lawmakers repeatedly take aim at the administration's budget structure, warning that splitting defense priorities between...