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Obama, Dems Balk At New House GOP Plan With Full Defense Budget

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Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

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By Emelie Rutherford With a federal government shutdown looming after Friday, House Republicans are facing significant opposition to their plan to fund the Pentagon for the rest of fiscal year 2011 as part of another short-term extension to the rest of the budget. President Barack Obama and some congressional Democrats said yesterday they oppose the one-week continuing resolution (CR), which would start when the current CR expires Friday night and includes a complete FY '11 defense budget. The Republican-controlled House…

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Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin Support For Marines’ JLTV Second Supplier Effort

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Congress

Senate’s CR Has Ship Construction Exemption, Forgoes White House’s Battleship, Munitions Requests

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White House Details ‘Concerns’ With Shipbuilding, Spaced-Based Interceptor Oversight In House’s NDAA

The White House has detailed “a number of concerns” with the newly-passed House version of the next defense policy bill, to include the legislation’s limits on procuring Navy ships built […]