“Defense Spending No Longer ‘Sacred Cow’ to Republicans Searching for Cuts” – Bloomberg
“As the House Budget Committee worked on a Republican plan to cut more than $6 trillion of government spending over a decade, the panel’s senior Democrat proposed a symbolic amendment saying national security costs should be included in any responsible deficit-reduction effort.
Seventeen of 22 committee Republicans, including Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, joined all 16 Democrats in an April 6 vote backing Maryland Representative Chris Van Hollen’s measure.
For the party of Ronald Reagan, who made bountiful Pentagon budgets a cornerstone of his “peace through strength” foreign policy, it was a telling vote: As anti-tax, small-government Tea Party sympathizers gain influence, defense is no longer sacrosanct for Republicans.” Read more.
“Defense Spending No Longer ‘Sacred Cow’ to Republicans Searching for Cuts”
Catherine Dodge and Laura Litvan
Bloomberg, May 31, 2011.
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