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House Appropriations Committee approves $$$ for Pakistan, other spending...
The panel unanimously agreed to a $530 billion 2012 appropriations bill that, when added to a $14 billion military construction measure, would hand the Pentagon $544 billion next year...
In addition, it would hand the Pentagon $119 billion for overseas wars...
That is $842 million more than the Obama administration sought...
“This increase is mostly attributable to the transfer of the Pakistan Counterinsurgency Fund",... Rep. Bill Young (R-Fla.), the Defense subcommittee chairman, said in a statement.
The panel’s measure would be a win for defense firms... it would be an increase of $5.5 billion over the 2011 enacted level, according to an Appropriations Committee fact sheet.
...most of the session was devoted to debate about amendments examining smaller matters.
The military has hundreds of bands, many made up of full-time musicians. The Pentagon is set to spend $320 million on its bands next year...Prior to a voice vote, GOP members “reluctantly support” limiting the military’s band fund.
In the longest debate about a single issue of the two-hour markup, members sparred over the merits of the military services’ NASCAR sponsorships.
Young noted his native state is the home of the famed Daytona International Speedway, and has big NASCAR ties.
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/166467-house-panel-oks-11-billion-boost-in-defense-spending
The panel unanimously agreed to a $530 billion 2012 appropriations bill that, when added to a $14 billion military construction measure, would hand the Pentagon $544 billion next year...
In addition, it would hand the Pentagon $119 billion for overseas wars...
That is $842 million more than the Obama administration sought...
“This increase is mostly attributable to the transfer of the Pakistan Counterinsurgency Fund",... Rep. Bill Young (R-Fla.), the Defense subcommittee chairman, said in a statement.
The panel’s measure would be a win for defense firms... it would be an increase of $5.5 billion over the 2011 enacted level, according to an Appropriations Committee fact sheet.
...most of the session was devoted to debate about amendments examining smaller matters.
The military has hundreds of bands, many made up of full-time musicians. The Pentagon is set to spend $320 million on its bands next year...Prior to a voice vote, GOP members “reluctantly support” limiting the military’s band fund.
In the longest debate about a single issue of the two-hour markup, members sparred over the merits of the military services’ NASCAR sponsorships.
Young noted his native state is the home of the famed Daytona International Speedway, and has big NASCAR ties.
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/166467-house-panel-oks-11-billion-boost-in-defense-spending
