war spending

Here’s an interesting response from Sen. Charles Grassley (Iowa), senior Republican on the Finance Committee, when asked by a reporter this morning whether Congress intends to pay for the wars its launched, or continue to borrow the money and pile onto federal deficits.
Defending America is a number one responsibility and money’s not the first consideration. [...]

There are plenty of House Democrats poised to vote against a $106 billion emergency spending proposal, most of which would go to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But few are willing to go after the proposal quite the way Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) has. From his floor speech this morning:
We are destroying our [...]