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Congress

Hill Budget Writers Have More Questions Than Answers

Julie Samuel

Wednesday, January 16th, 2013

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Lawmakers who dictate defense spending said yesterday they are grappling with how to proceed with the Pentagon budget for the end of this year and next year as Congress and the White House remain at odds over pending across-the-board cuts. “All I can tell you is just stay tuned; I think that there are more questions right now than there are answers,” House Appropriations Defense subcommittee Chairman C.W. “Bill” Young (R-Fla.) said yesterday at the Capitol. Young was fielding reporters’…

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