GOP Senators Unveil Bill To Spare Pentagon From Automatic Defense Cuts
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By Associated Press,
WASHINGTON Republican senators are trying to spare the Pentagon from nearly $500 billion in cuts that will kick in automatically next January because the congressional deficit-cutting panel failed to find a way to reduce spending.
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President Barack Obama says he will veto any effort to undo the automatic cuts affecting the Pentagon and domestic programs to reduce spending.
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liberal N proud
(60,332 posts)The pukes want to keep getting those nice little nest eggs from the bomb makers.
xtraxritical
(3,576 posts)to make a case that the President is soft on defense. Of course the President will veto the bill, and rightly so, the veto can only strengthen his appeal to his progressive/liberal base. Again, the republiCONS shoot themselves in the foot!
Shadowflash
(1,536 posts)Ha ha!
yeah. Right.
mike_c
(36,267 posts)The war piggies want a do-over.
Renew Deal
(81,844 posts)That's why no deal is a deal around DC.
gopiscrap
(23,725 posts)if that happens then I call for a national general strike!!!
think
(11,641 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Put me down for "I'll believe it when I see it."
kenfrequed
(7,865 posts)I really hope he means it when he says he will Veto this time.
Bandit
(21,475 posts)Even his most staunch supporters don't hold a lot of stock in what he says....It all sounds so good but actions speak much louder than words...
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)I've seen hopeful signs that President Obama has decided to quit being quite so accommodating, but the defense budget brings out all the heavy hitters, and a LOT of pressure to bear. A good statement in February can wilt in the heat of September, as budget battles rage and election campaigns are hot.
kenfrequed
(7,865 posts)This is what compromising with Republicans gets you.
jpak
(41,756 posts)yup
patrice
(47,992 posts)decades of tax-breaks and loopholes for those who PIMP our blood to OIL ROYALTY!
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)First, how many DINOs will cave and side with them?
Second, so they can invade more countries? And get more of our men and women killed?
I say, NO...NO...NO!
patrice
(47,992 posts)noses and then fuck us this way!
3rd-Party those fuckers!!!
dmr
(28,344 posts)This campaign season will be awful.
As a matter of fact, Obama's campaign against Mitt (or Newt) won't be his biggest fight this time around. The biggest & meanest & disgusting campaign against him will be the Citizen's United money - domestic & foreign.
Prophet 451
(9,796 posts)The GOP has proven that if the facts don't work in their favour, they'll just make shit up. The campaign ads were always going to be vicious. Obama could have walked on water while whipping up a cancer cure between strides and the GOP would still attack him as the reincarnation of Stalin.
MACARD
(105 posts)i want a picture of a machete cutting Boeing and Lockheed-Martin both in half on top of Obama's desk.
why is war so much more profitable than peace. Its like the 1% feed off the death of our soldiers. wait a minute they do. (insert picture of legendary Vulture Capitalist Mitt Romney feeding off a Dead American Soldier)
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)ProfessionalLeftist
(4,982 posts)Well isn't that just special. Bunch of whiney, narcissistic 6-year-olds. Jeeze.
Vattel
(9,289 posts)How the cuts are avoided is another question. The Democrats and Obama will try to avoid them with a deficit-reduction package that will include various revenue increasing measures as well as budget cuts. The Repugs will try to avoid any tax increases. What happens in the end is anybody's guess.