By Emelie Rutherford The Senate frowned on Republican attempts to add weapon-system spending to the massive economic-stimulus bill the chamber worked to pass last night. Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) failed Wednesday night in an ambitious attempt to add more than $5 billion in Pentagon procurement funding to the spending-and-tax-cut package. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) also made an ill-fated push yesterday for inserting defense-equipment-reset spending. Democratic lawmakers have argued Pentagon weapons programs should not be funded in the economic-recovery legislation, in…
Senate Rejects Adding DoD Weapon Funds To Stimulus
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