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Lawmakers reached a two-year spending plan last fall which effectively negates the need for the broader plan, but it indicates lingering divisions within Congress over what the fiscal 2017 budget should look like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense appropriators have already sparred over whether temporary war funds should be increased over levels set last fall, because of new developments in the fight against Islamic State group militants in the Middle East. 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