By David Lawder and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican defense hawks in the U.S. Congress moved on Thursday to boost military funding in their budget plans, setting up a clash with fiscal conservatives in their party as the spending blueprints head to crucial votes next week. The Republican-controlled Senate Budget Committee approved its plan with an amendment to add $38 billion to an off-budget war funding account to boost military spending for fiscal 2016. The move, aimed at skirting statutory spending caps, matches a $38 billion increase also now proposed in the House of Representatives. House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday directed the House Rules Committee to add another $2 billion to the $36 billion increase originally proposed for the war funding account, and delete language in the House budget that would require alternate savings.
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