[https://theintercept.com/2020/07/09/how-the-house-armed-services-committee-in-the-middle-of-a-pandemic-approved-a-huge-military-budget-and-more-war-in-afghanistan/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter](https://theintercept.com/2020/07/09/how-the-house-armed-services-committee-in-the-middle-of-a-pandemic-approved-a-huge-military-budget-and-more-war-in-afghanistan/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter) >"The least-discussed congressional proceedings are often the most consequential — and almost always bipartisan."