Yesterday on MTP, John Boehner had a moment of bipartisan agreement with Nancy Pelosi, who wants discretionary defense spending included in any spending freeze.
Boehner agrees: Here's his discussion with David Gregory:
GREGORY: The question of spending and commonsense steps that could be taken, you heard David Axelrod say, “Look,...
If we're going to have a federal spending freeze, why not hit the most egregious target--defense pork? Nancy Pelosi is making that argument now, too.
"While we all want to support our men and women in uniform... and our national defense and our veterans, I don't think that we should protect...
How did we get into such a budget mess? The disastrous Bush tax cuts for the wealthy (passed by reconciliation, thank you very much) and two never-ending wars, replete with extremely lucrative contracts to political allies like Eric Prince. Which brings us to spending freezes.
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A defense spending bill that contains several key provisions favored by the White House and Defense Secretary Robert Gates -- killing the F-22 fighter jet, for example -- is expected to reach the Senate floor sometime Tuesday. But...
