When offered the chance to reduce spending with no threat to America’s national security, Republicans in the House of Representatives almost all voted no. 93.3 percent of House Republicans voted against the spending cut proposed by Jared Polis.
Yesterday, 8 out of 10 Republicans in the House of Representatives voted against 8.5 billion dollars in federal budget cuts. Perhaps the Republicans aren’t really opposed to big government spending after all.
On the afternoon of May 26 2011, 234 members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted down an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. This amendment, sponsored by Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan, would have removed Section 1034 of the NDAA, a new provision to issue a blanket authorization for the President to engage [...]
In the 36th congressional district of California, Democratic candidate Marcy Winograd has identified a simple way to break the budget impasse: Cut military spending, rather than the social safety net.
Pete DeFazio notes that the House Republicans are protecting huge areas of government programs from spending cuts.
Yesterday, John Duncan, a Republican from Tennessee, called upon his party’s leadership to open up military and homeland security waste to budget cuts.
Lindsey Graham’s plan for permanent military bases in Afghanistan would create permanent risk for U.S. soldiers, and a permanent grievance for Muslims, sparking new generations of terrorists eager to sacrifice themselves for their side of this new crusade.
As Americans talk about a new START treaty, Russian media is discussing the passage of the largest American military budget ever.
Lynn Woolsey challenged Boehner to support the elimination of wasteful spending in the U.S. military on weapons systems that the Pentagon itself says it doesn’t want or need.
An online petition created on Act.ly urged Senator McCaskill to support S. 3065, the Military Readiness Enhancement Act, but what happened to the petition?
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