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While much of America was waiting for the Facebook IPO on Friday and their chance to maybe make a little bit of money on the stock, the House Republican band of merry men was busy passing another one of their bills designed to fuck the taxpayer while giving their “ Masters “ more of your tax dollars for shit that is not needed.
By Joan McCarter on Fri May 18, 2012
House Republicans ignored the requests of the generals and a White House veto threat today, passing their bloated defense spending authorization bill, 299-120.
The bill breaks the spending agreement made last year as part of the Budget Control Act, and spends much more than the Pentagon has asked for on programs it opposes.
That includes: a new missile defense system on the east coast;
indefinite detention as included in last year's National Defense Authorization Act.
For these reasons, and more, the White House has said it will veto the bill.
keeping ships and aircraft that the Pentagon is trying to retire; rejecting the military's request for domestic base closings; and about $4 billion more than the administration and the Pentagon set as a spending limit.
And there's more, including a ban on "same-sex marriages and 'marriage-like' ceremonies on military bases." Additionally, it includes "indefinite detention without trial of terrorism suspects, including U.S. citizens, captured on U.S. soil," despite a decision by a federal judge issued yesterday to block implementation of indefinite detention as included in last year's National Defense Authorization Act.
For these reasons, and more, the White House has said it will veto the bill.
After President Obama veto’s this sorry bill, the Republicans will try to use it as a campaign gimmick for Mitt Romney by pressing the narrative that Obama is soft on U.S. defense.
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