By Emelie Rutherford The Senate is slated to take up two competing budget bills today that, while not expected to pass, both would cut the White House's defense request by more than $10 billion and zero out funding for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter second engine. The lack of support for the F136 General Electric [GE]-Rolls-Royce engine program in the two tenuous bills, one that already passed the House and one released by the Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) last Friday,…
Senate To Weigh Ill-Fated Bills That Cut DoD Funding, Alternate Engine
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