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Senate Passes Massive Defense Spending Bill
Senate Passes Massive Defense Spending Bill
October 12, 2009 by Personal Liberty News Desk
Senate passes massive defense spending bill Even though the U.S. is grappling with a multitrillion dollar federal budget deficit, senators have approved a Pentagon spending bill worth $636 billion, which includes $2.7 billion in earmarks.
The bill will fund U.S. military operations during the current fiscal year, and combines $128 billion for the operations in Iraq and Afghanistan with $498 billion for the rest of the Defense Department’s budget, according to media reports.
Although the Senate decided against funding additional Lockheed Martin F-22 fighter jets, the VH-71 replacement presidential helicopter and a second engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the majority of the lawmakers rejected an amendment to withhold funding for 10 C-17 cargo aircraft.
It was proposed by Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona who said purchasing the aircraft —which cost $2.5 billion — represented wasteful spending and who called on the president to veto the bill.
The measure also contains $2.7 billion worth of earmarks sought by individual senators, including funding for-profit companies to develop new technologies. McCain also introduced an amendment which aimed to require earmarked for-profit companies to be subject to competitive bidding, but it was also defeated.
The legislation must now be reconciled with a measure passed by the House of Representatives in July before being offered to President Obama for signature.
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