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Push to Boost Defense Spending Puts GOP in Budget Bind
Pressing Pentagon demands in a time of terror threats and Islamic State militants have put newly empowered congressional Republicans in a bind. Defense hawks want to wipe out previous spending cuts to steer more money to the military, but the GOP is divided over how to do it without piling billions onto the deficit. Lawmakers who want to rein deficit spending insist that any increases for the military should be financed by cuts to domestic programs — even as GOP pragmatists warn that could cause a budget logjam that would drag on for months….Read More
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