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Dems Eye Changes To House CR That Helps DoD

Julie Samuel

Wednesday, March 6th, 2013

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Congressional Democrats and the White House offered tepid support for budget legislation that would help the Pentagon, though they signaled they are not happy with the bill up for debate today in the Republican-led House. The House legislation--complete defense and military-construction appropriations bills for the rest of fiscal year 2013 attached to a bare-bones “continuing resolution” (CR) funding most the government--would shift around Pentagon funding and allow military officials to reprogram other monies and enter into multi-year contracts. This new…

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