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Progressive Reps. Lee, Pocan Reintroduce Bill To Cut Defense Spending By $100 Billion

Progressive Reps. Lee, Pocan Reintroduce Bill To Cut Defense Spending By $100 Billion
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)

A pair of progressive lawmakers on Wednesday reintroduced a bill that aims to cut defense spending by $100 billion and reallocate the savings to other funding priorities. The bill from Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) is likely to face bipartisan opposition, but arrives as House GOP leadership has also proposed a reported plan to cap discretionary spending in fiscal year 2024 at FY ‘22 enacted levels. “Year after year, this country pours billions into our already-astronomical defense…

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