The Republican-led House passed the defense budget bill last night, via a 326-90 vote, after rejecting Democrats' attempt to strip nearly $8 billion from the spending plan to make it adhere to funding levels set in a deficit-controlling law. The version of fiscal year 2013 defense appropriations legislation previously passed by the House Appropriations Committee (HAC) would fund the base Pentagon budget at $519.2 billion and provide $88.5 billion in war funding. Yet during the second day of the debate on the bill…
House Passes Defense Budget Dems Say Is Too Big
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