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Blue Dog Democrats Urge Lawmakers To Oppose Defense Spending Cuts

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, June 28th, 2021

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Blue Dog Democrats Urge Lawmakers To Oppose Defense Spending Cuts

Low angled view of the U.S. Capitol East Facade Front in Washington, DC.

A group of moderate Democrat lawmakers are urging the House Armed Services and Appropriations Committees to fully fund President Joe Biden’s request for a $753 billion national security budget in fiscal year 2022, pressing their colleagues to oppose calls to cut defense spending. The leaders of the House Blue Dog Coalition sent a letter to the aforementioned committees’ on June 24, ahead of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee’s markup of their FY ‘22 spending bill on Wednesday and amid a…

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