GOP senator borrows idea from DoD to cut federal spending

By Joseph Lawler

Published September 8, 2016 3:55pm ET

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GOP senator borrows idea from DoD to cut federal spending — Coats, who chairs the Joint Economic Committee, said in a Thursday hearing that the BRAC program is an "extraordinary success in terms of forcing action" by Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) | J. Scott Applewhite

Sen. Dan Coats introduced legislation Wednesday that would set up an independent commission to recommend spending reductions that Congress would be forced to vote on, an idea based on the Defense Department’s Base Realignment and Closure program that has been used to reorganize military bases.

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