Bipartisan support for the ever increasing war budget
Democrats and Republicans in Congress Agree:
We need to spend more money on "Defense"
Really????
The US House of Representatives last week voted 316-113 to approve the new bigger than ever US War Budget, known as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal 2022, costing the American taxpayer $778 Billion dollars, about 54% of federal discretionary spending. The last Trump war budget when the US was actively involved in Endless Wars was only $740.5 billion.
In 2021 the US spent more on defense than the next 11 countries combined. Those 11 nations include China and Russia
The Yes votes from Democrats put it over the top. They voted 181 in favor with only 135 Republicans voting Yes.
Our Oregon congressional delegation split their votes, 3 yeses with just 2 nos.
The No votes came from Bonamici and DeFazio. YAH!
The Yes votes from Republicans Bentz and Democrats Blumenauer and Schrader. BOO!
Especially disappointing was the Yes vote by Rep. Blumenauer as he had voted in favor of some important proposed amendments to cut the military budget as well as restricting the DOD from transferring surplus military property to federal, state or local law enforcement agencies. Another amendment getting his support would have required the suspension of US aid to the Saudi air force airstrikes at Yeman. In spite of seeming to understand the problem, he caved anyway, voting to approve the world's largest ever war budget.