A surprise in the House on Friday afternoon, as lamwakers rejected a bill that would have cut off funding for offensive military actions as part of NATO attacks on Libya. Almost 90 Republicans voted against the measure, many because of the bill's details. Those details allowed U.S. military support for ...
It's not too often that the Congress votes on a bill to cut off money for an ongoing military mission, but we will see that today, as the House tries to block funding for NATO airstrikes on Libya and the Qaddafi regime. "This is primarily a fight between the Congress ...
In yet another demonstration of how difficult it can be to cut the budget, the Senate on Thursday voted down a GOP plan to block funding for certain policy "czars" in the Obama Administration. The vote was 51-47 against the plan from Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), who argued in vain ...
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