The White House said it wants Congress to support a Senate version of the delayed defense-spending bill, which would freeze spending at last year’s levels, but warned lawmakers should not cut funding any further. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Jack Lew writes in a letter to the heads of the congressional defense appropriations panels that the White House “strongly supports” the Senate Appropriations Committee’s (SAC) allocation of funding for defense. The bill the SAC marked up Sept. 15 would grant…
OMB Endorses FY ’12 DoD Funding In SAC Bill
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