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Senate Anti-Sequestration Plan Could Seek Fed Workforce Savings

Julie Samuel

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

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Republican senators fighting potential defense-spending reductions triggered by failed budget negotiations are finalizing legislation that may try to offset initial Pentagon cuts with savings from attrition in the federal workforce. The emerging plan, crafted by lawmakers including Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), could look similar to the Down Payment to Protect National Security Act in the House. That bill, which House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Chairman Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-Calif.) unveiled last month in his chamber, would reduce…

Congress

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Budget

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Congress

Replacement Munitions May Not Be One-for-One; May Include New Weapons Chemistries, Wittman Says

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