Print Print this article Email Email this article Link Trackback

Security MattersSecurity Matters

House Amendment Coming to Strip F-22 Funds

Travis | Jun 22, 2009 | there are 0 comments 0

Over at Mother Jones, Rachel Morris reports that Rep. Barney Frank plans to introduce an amendment to the fiscal year 2010 Defense Authorization bill that would remove the unrequested F-22 funds that the House Armed Services Committee added last week.

With the bill expected to be on the floor Wednesday and/or Thursday, there ought to be a floor debate and vote on Frank's amendment one of those days (assuming Rules Committee includes it).

Six Democrats succumbed to NIMBY politics on the F-22 during the Committee vote. How will the whole House fare?

tags Security Matters, Congress (all tags)


House Amendment Coming to Strip F-22 Funds | 0 Comments | Post a Comment
Display:

You are not logged in.

In order to post a comment, you must be logged in. If you have a member account, please log in to comment.

If not, you can make an account by clicking right here. It's quick and free.

About This Blog

Forgot your password?

Search This Blog

Center Analysis

Growth in U.S. Defense Spending Since 2001
The Pentagon's budget has increased dramatically since 2001. In inflation-adjusted dollars, the total defense budget has grown from $432 billion in FY01 to $720 billion in FY11, a real increase of approximately 67 percent. The Pentagon’s base budget, whic...

Lips and Teeth
If it is true that North Korea’s WMD programs are being funded principally from illicit arms sales, then it is imperative that China take its UN Security Council sanctions obligations more seriously. In this new analysis, Chad O'Caroll questions whether t...

FY 2011 Threat Reduction and Nonproliferation Funding
In his historic Prague speech on nuclear weapons, President Obama pledged that the United States would lead “a new international effort to secure all vulnerable nuclear material around the world within four years.” While last year's budget request was wel...

The Obama disarmament paradox: A rebuttal
Greg Mello's recent Bulletin article "The Obama Disarmament Paradox" distorts the Obama administration's nuclear agenda by making unjustified assumptions that discredit President Barack Obama's historic commitment to seek a nuclear-weapon-free w...

Fact Sheet: 2010 Nuclear Posture Review
The Nuclear Posture Review is scheduled for release sometime in March or April 2010. The review will set U.S. nuclear weapons policy for the next five to ten years and influence the implementation of President Obama's far-reaching agenda to reduce the rol...