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GOP Amps Up Calls For Preventing DoD Cuts

Julie Samuel

Thursday, July 26th, 2012

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Republicans sought to increase pressure yesterday on Congress to prevent looming across-the-board defense cuts, calling for lawmakers to agree on an alternate approach before the November elections and announcing meetings in defense-industry strongholds around the country. Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) warned a packed crowd on Capitol Hill yesterday of dire consequences he foresees if congressional Democrats and Republicans don’t agree on a plan to thwart so-called sequestration budget cuts before the lame-duck session of Congress, which is between the elections and…

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