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Congress

Young Keeps HAC-D Chair, After Waiver

Julie Samuel

Friday, December 21st, 2012

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House Republicans voted Dec. 31 to grant Rep. C.W. “Bill” Young (R-Fla.) special permission to remain chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Defense subcommittee (HAC-D). Though Young has steered the Pentagon budget-writing panel for longer than allowed under House GOP rules, the Republican Steering Committee voted to grant him a waiver to keep the leadership spot for the next two years. “At a time of great uncertainty and what I see as instability in the future direction of U.S. defense…

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