Senate halts move to dismantle defense budget fire walls
The Senate yesterday stopped an attempt by Sen. Dale Bumpers (D-Ark.) to abolish the "fire walls" that currently protect defense budget funds from being shifted to non-defense discretionary accounts or to reduce the federal deficit. The Senate voted 57-41 to table the Bumpers amendment to the fiscal...
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