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SAC Sets DoD Budget Above House, Sequestration Levels

Julie Samuel

Friday, June 21st, 2013

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Senate budget-setters agreed Thursday to seek a $516.6 billion defense budget that is larger than both House Republicans and President Barack Obama proposed, and also ignores “sequestration” budget cuts. The Democrat-led Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) approved its so-called 302(b) budget allocations for all fiscal year 2014 federal spending bills by a partisan 15-14 vote. It opted to set the base Pentagon budget at $516.6 billion, or roughly $700 million above the administration’s $515.9 billion request. The House Appropriations Committee, meanwhile,…

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