The bill blocks sequestered cuts to the Pentagon budget — part of last summer’s debt-ceiling agreement— and replaces those automatic defense budget cuts with the reductions in federal healthcare spending.
While the passage is largely symbolic in that it will not get through a Democratic-controlled Senate, it highlights the stance the GOP will take on healthcare this election season.
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