Pentagon Budget 2020 Vote

The House of Representatives voted by an overwhelming 335-78 margin on Tuesday to pass a 740 billion defense bill despite President Trumps veto threat.

Pentagon budget 2020 vote. Representative Pramila Jayapal WA-07 Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus voted against the National Defense Authorization Act today as the already bloated Pentagon budget soars to an amount exceeding 740 billion. WASHINGTON In a strong bipartisan vote the House passed a compromise defense policy bill that authorizes a new Space Force and 738 billion for the Pentagon. Senate Vote 140 in 2020 116 th Congress S. By Martin Longman December 8 2020.

Thirteen Republicans voted against the bill that sets military spending levels including Mike Braun of Indiana Tom Cotton of Arkansas Ted Cruz of Texas Josh Hawley of Missouri John Kennedy of. The House voted Monday to override President Donald Trumps veto of an annual defense spending bill. 37 Senate Dems Join GOP to Approve 740 Billion War Budget July 24 2020 Progressives reacted with disgust at the misplaced priorities made evident by the Senates approval of the Pentagon budget. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 Jul 23 2020 at 159 pm.

The Senate is expected to vote on the override this week. Despite the new support for cutting the Pentagons budget 139 Democrats voted against it including Senators and vice presidential prospects Kamala Harris D-Calif and Tammy Duckworth D-Ill. However a small but vocal group of. Lee has also introduced a resolution proposing up to 350 billion in cuts to the Pentagon budget by closing US.

Only 40 Republicans voted against the bill. Now we face a pandemic with a lack of resources no nationwide testing plan 36 million cases and over 138000 deaths. Ninety-three members of the House of Representatives voted Tuesday as did 23 senators on Wednesday to cut the Pentagon budget by 10 percent because we can no longer afford to squander our lives. Maybe just maybe we could have been better prepared for this disaster if the budget for our public health agency wasnt about 1 percent of the defense.

The annual military budget bill was passed with a vote of 86-14 with 37 Democrats joining the Republicans in supporting the proposal. Military bases overseas ending funding for ongoing wars and slashing private. Senate on Thursday passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act a 740 billion bill setting policy for the Pentagon that President Donald Trump has threatened to veto over. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said his chamber would vote on overriding the veto.

Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris two leading contenders for the 2020 Democratic vice presidential nomination voted opposite ways Wednesday on an amendment to slash the Pentagon budget by 10 and invest the savings in healthcare housing and education in impoverished US. In 2020 the defense budget was 90 times the size of the budget of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC. This was a vote to pass S. WASHINGTON House and Senate lawmakers reached a deal this week on the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act teeing up a 7405 billion defense spending and policy bill for votes in both.

4049 116th in the Senate. The conservative hardliners threaten to sustain a Trump veto of the Pentagons budget denying troops a pay raise and risking our national security. View the full roll call here. House members voted 322-87 to override the veto well above the two-thirds needed to override.

The overwhelming bipartisan vote by the House of Representatives Tuesday evening to approve the largest military budget in American history demonstrates the reality of capitalist politics. This is an authorization bill which directs how federal funds should or. Yesterday the House of Representatives rejected an amendment from Progressive Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Bernie Sanders I-Vt Elizabeth Warren D-Massand Ed Markey D-Mass voted against the bill.

While Republicans voted in lockstep against the amendment the Democrats were split with 92 voting for the amendment and 139 voting against it. Mark Pocan D-Wis to cut the Pentagons budget by 10 percent on a vote of 324-93. By Associated Press Dec 28 2020 746pm CST.