Rep. McCarthy: Pushing 300k Children Off Lunch Program to Protect Military Spending is Trimming the Fat

Ben Armbruster
Think Progress / News Analysis
Published: Tuesday 8 May 2012

House Republicans moved legislation forward aimed at preventing any reductions in military spending, even if that means cutting much needed programs for the nation’s poorest. The House Armed Services Committee’s bill provides $554 billion for the Pentagon — $29 billion more than DOD had requested — while the GOP-led Budget Committee packaged six bills that would “slice $261 billion from food stamps, Medicaid, social services and other programs for struggling Americans.”

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