Friday, May 15, 2015

House Republicans pass $612 billion defense funding bill that skirts budget caps for war

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/05/15/1385001/-House-Republicans-pass-612-billion-defense-funding-bill-that-skirts-budget-caps-for-war
"House Republicans found a way to bypass the budget caps of sequestration by adding an extra $89 billion in "emergency war-fighting" to their $612 billion bill to fund the Department of Defense. The legislation passed 269-151 with most Democrats opposing it, and the White House has threatened to veto it over the funding gimmick."