government was borrowed from the 2000 budget. This year, these budget runarounds will have to be dealt with. There has already been a very early call for lifting the spending caps by the House, because there is supposed to be another budget surplus next year. But it's too early to tell if that will be acted on. If it is, the change could be written into and passed in an omnibus budget resolution bill. How much the Clinton Administration is seeking for defense spending is a major issue in this year's budget. Spending caps on defense have expired and predictions are that there will be large increases for the Pentagon. Almost all of this will go to up as "managers" in the Senate procedure. defense readiness, and nothing will be For example, F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. added to military R&D. It is expected that (R-Wis.), chairman of the House Commit- basic research funding at the Defense Detee on Science, is one of the managers, partment, the so
