Lawmakers have expressed a range of opinions on how to handle sequestration cuts to defense spending: some want Congress to keep the dollar amount of the cuts in place but let department heads figure out where to find those cuts, and some favor eliminating defense cuts but keeping or deepening cuts to domestic programs. But Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), who serves on the budget conference committee that met for the first time this week, said Senate Democrats are united behind…
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