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Defense Sectors Largely Contributing to House GOP Leaders

By Vivienne Machi

Thursday, November 1st, 2018

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Defense Sectors Largely Contributing to House GOP Leaders

Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), House Armed Services Committee ranking member

With the 2018 midterm elections just days away, national polls continue to weigh the possibility that Democrats may take the House, which would lead to a considerable shakeup of leadership, including the Armed Services and Appropriations Committees.But campaign fund information compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics shows that as of Oct. 17, defense companies were still putting their money behind the current leaders of HASC and Appropriations, even as 12 HASC members are leaving the lower chamber either to…

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