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Congress

Bill Would Cut Fed Workforce To Delay DoD Cuts

Julie Samuel

Friday, December 16th, 2011

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The head of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) joined with House Republicans, including the top defense budget person, in calling yesterday for reducing the federal workforce to fund a one-year reprieve from planned Pentagon budget cuts. HASC Chairman Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-Calif.) told congressional reporters the Down Payment To Protect National Security Act, which he introduced Wednesday, would delay the start of $1.2 trillion in longterm “sequestration” cuts to defense and domestic spending for a year. They are slated to…

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