Pentagon Budget Cut Vote

The SenSanders -led vote to cut the Pentagon budget by 10 was blocked 23-77.

Pentagon budget cut vote. According to The Nation 93 members of the House agreed to an amendment Tuesday to. Defund Pentagon effort holds message for Biden Progressive Democrats are offering amendments that would cut each chambers 7405 billion defense policy bill by about 74 billion. In response to todays failed House vote on an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act to reduce the Pentagon budget by 10 Paul Kawika Martin Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs at Peace Action released the following statement. House Rejects 10 Cut to Pentagon Budget On Tuesday the House of Representatives voted down an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act NDAA that would have cut the Pentagon budget by 10.

Ive been analyzing the Pentagon budget for close to four decades and I can count on one hand the number of times Congress has voted on significant cuts in the Pentagon budget. The Czech government on Wednesday approved shifting 5 billion crowns 23242 million back to the defence budget half of the amount it cut last month as part of a deal with the far-left. 180 Democrats voted for it along. Wednesday night the United States Congress passed a 738 billion defense bill.

Push for at least a 10 percent budget cut. 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. Senate vote-a-rama on budget resolution begins The Senates vote-a-rama on the Democratic budget resolution is now underway and it will likely continue for hours. 2 civilian at the Pentagon.

Almost 100 members of the House of Representatives and 23 senators voted to cut the Pentagons budget by 10. This was unthinkable a year ago. In a voice vote late. Bernie Sanders on Thursday delivered a floor speech in support of his new amendment aiming to cut the proposed Pentagon budget by 10 around 74 billion and devote those resources to funding healthcare housing jobs and education in impoverished US.

This week is one. A 74 billion cut to the defense budget would have been a modest reduction to a bloated budget filled with administrative waste and Pentagon slush funds. Bernie Sanders to redirect the money. The writings on the wall for warmongers and defense-industry sellouts in both parties.

Sponsored by Reps Barbara Lee D-CA and Mark Pocan D-WI in the House and SandersMarkeyWarren in the Senate the amendments would free up a much needed 74 billion for healthcare affordable housing improvements to education programs etc. Senate and House of Representatives are expected to vote on amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act which would cut the Pentagon budget by 10. Mark Pocan D-Wis to cut the Pentagons budget by 10 percent on a vote of 324-93. The bill was passed a day after an amendment proposed by Sanders and Markey to cut the Pentagons budget by 10 and redirect that funding toward significant investments in education healthcare and housing in poor communitieswas rejected in the Senate with a majority of Democrats siding with the GOP.

Within the next week the US. As Common Dreams staff writer Jake Johnson reports. Yesterday the House of Representatives rejected an amendment from Progressive Caucus Co-Chair Rep. The Senate Armed Services Committee has advanced President Bidens nominee to be the No.

WASHINGTON Congress went two-for-two swatting down measures to slash the national security budget by 74 billion rejecting a proposal Wednesday from Sen. 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 budget. Thats 20 billion more than last year and 120 billion more than under Obama. On Tuesday Congress will vote on the National Defense Authorization Act NDAA but before that they will vote on my amendment with Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Senator Bernie Sanders to cut the bloated defense budget by 10 percent.

The American people need Congress to make an investment in their needsin healthcare housing and educationnot another quarter of a trillion dollar giveaway to defense contractors. There are now amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act NDAA to cut the Pentagon budget by 10 in both the House and the Senate. While Republicans voted in lockstep against the amendment the Democrats were split with 92 voting for the amendment and 139 voting against it.