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McKeon, GOP Balk At Senate Sequestration Plan

Julie Samuel

Tuesday, February 19th, 2013

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The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) chairman joined Republicans in blasting a Democratic proposal to stop “sequestration” cuts unveiled late last week, before Congress recessed for a week as the March 1 start date for the spending reductions looms. HASC Chairman Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-Calif.) said he could not accept the $27.5 billion in multi-year defense cuts in the Senate Democrats’ proposal. Unveiled Feb. 14, their plan would replace sequestration--decade-long cuts to defense and non-defense spending--until January 2014 with $110…

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