Sen. Sanders to bring back veterans bill GOP previously blocked

How Contractors Raked in $385 Billion to Build and Support Bases Abroad Since 2001

How Contractors Raked in $385 Billion to Build and Support Bases Abroad Since 2001
"Outside the United States, the Pentagon controls a collection of military bases unprecedented in history. With U.S. troops gone from Iraq and the withdrawal from Afghanistan underway, it’s easy to forget that we probably still have about 1,000 military bases in other peoples' lands. This giant collection of bases receives remarkably little media attention, costs a fortune, and even when cost cutting is the subject du jour, it still seems to get a free ride."

PERRspectives: GOP Pushes for More Tanks Pentagon Doesn't Want

PERRspectives: GOP Pushes for More Tanks Pentagon Doesn't Want
"Ohio Senator Rob Portman and Rep. Jim Jordan want more money to build additional Abrams M1 battle tanks the Pentagon says it doesn't want."

Two Critics Of Government Spending Are Forcing The Army To Build Tanks It Doesn’t Want

Two Critics Of Government Spending Are Forcing The Army To Build Tanks It Doesn’t Want: Congress is forcing the Army to spend nearly half a billion dollars building tanks that Army officials insist they don’t want, with money they say could be better spent elsewhere, according to a new report from the AP. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) are the two members of congress at the [...]/p

Iraq, Afghan Wars Will Cost US 4-6 Trillion Dollars: Report | Common Dreams

Iraq, Afghan Wars Will Cost US 4-6 Trillion Dollars: Report | Common Dreams
"Costs to U.S. taxpayers of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will run between four and six trillion dollars, making them the most expensive conflicts in U.S. history, according to a new report by a prominent Harvard University researcher."

The F-35 Folly: How Our Own Fighter Jets Are Killing Us

The F-35 Folly: How Our Own Fighter Jets Are Killing Us
"When you combine the price tag of the program with Government Accountability Office estimated operating and maintenance costs of the planes– the total cost of the program reaches over $1 trillion."

Your Guide To The Looming Spending Cuts: Where They Came From And What They Will Mean

Your Guide To The Looming Spending Cuts: Where They Came From And What They Will Mean: The United States is rapidly approaching March 1, the date on which the automatic spending cuts put in place by the summer 2011 debt ceiling deal will begin taking effect. There is little indication that Congress will avert the cuts as it did in January, as Republican leaders have thus far been unwilling to negotiate [...]/p

GOP Senator Would Take Away Health Coverage From 30 Million Americans To Avoid Military Cuts

GOP Senator Would Take Away Health Coverage From 30 Million Americans To Avoid Military Cuts: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Sunday the government should protect the Defense Department from automatic spending cuts by slashing $1.2 trillion from the Affordable Care Act. During an appearance on Fox News Sunday, Graham suggested that the sequester’s across-the-board cuts to federal spending, including about a roughly 7.5 percent reduction in military spending, would be [...]/p

How The Sequester’s Budget Cuts Will Devastate Already-Battered Programs

How The Sequester’s Budget Cuts Will Devastate Already-Battered Programs: Federal spending is scheduled to reach historic lows thanks to the Budget Control Act, which placed caps on spending as part of the deal to raise the debt ceiling in the summer of 2011. Non-defense spending is already 14 percent lower than it has been at any time in the last half-century, and it could [...]/p

Ryan Touted The Military Cuts He Claims He Didn’t Vote For

Ryan Touted The Military Cuts He Claims He Didn’t Vote For: During an appearance on “Face the Nation” on Sunday, Paul Ryan denied voting for military spending cuts, telling host Norah O’Donnell that he only supported the sequestration measures included in the Budget Control Act. The 2011 law provides for across-the-board automatic cuts to the federal budget amounting to $1.2 trillion, including an estimated $492 billion [...]/p

Ryan: I Didn’t Vote For The Defense Cuts I Voted For

Ryan: I Didn’t Vote For The Defense Cuts I Voted For: Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan has gotten in hot water before for criticizing President Obama for the very same defense cuts that he voted for in 2011. When confronted with this incongruity today on Face The Nation, Ryan simply denied that he ever voted for the cuts, telling an incredulous Norah O’Donnell that he didn’t [...]/p

Paul Ryan Holds Event Criticizing The Military Spending Sequester He Voted For

Paul Ryan Holds Event Criticizing The Military Spending Sequester He Voted For: At a round table discussion in North Carolina Thursday, vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan tried to pin the blame for the budget sequester squarely on the shoulders of President Obama, despite the fact that Ryan himself voted in favor of the sequester. The bill triggers automatic spending cuts to a variety of government programs including [...]/p