A really good piece from The Washington Post yesterday points out that a ton of wasteful defense spending comes from congressional Democrats.
It was Democrats who stuffed an estimated $524 million in defense earmarks that the Pentagon did not request into the 2008 appropriations bill, about $220 million more
Noting that the Progressive Policy Institute is holding a panel on the defense budget with Rep. John Spratt (D-N.C. S.C.), the chairman of the House Budget Committee, former McCain campaign mouthpiece Michael Goldfarb of the Weekly Standard remarks, “Translation: Only defense has to worry about spending discipline,” More…
It looks like Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) is taking a break from embarrassing himself to do something seemingly valuable. At noon, he and Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, are scheduled to hold a press conference announcing new legislation they’re introducing to put More…
Here’s something to keep an eye on over the next few months: Defense Secretary Bob Gates challenged Congress to help him rein in wasteful defense spending. But some senators are already indicating that they may try and shoehorn defense spending into the stimulus package.
In case it’s somehow flown under your radar (my puns are always intended), shift your glance leftward to Matthew Blake’s thorough and enlightening piece on the $488-billion defense spending bill (beyond the Iraq/Afghanistan tab) passed by Congress without much scrutiny or fanfare.
While the $700-billion bailout made headlines for More…
The House Financial Services Committee, on Sept. 24, grilled Treasury Sec. Henry Paulson Jr. about the $700-billion financial bailout plan. The high-profile hearing signaled that lawmakers were not going to pass just any rescue bill before recessing to campaign.
But that same day, More…
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