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Dems threaten to block defense bill over sequester

By Susan Ferrechio
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Dems threaten to block defense bill over sequester

Defense spending has become the focal point in the fight to lift federally-imposed and increasingly unpopular spending caps set by the sequester.

Senate Democrats are vowing to block the fiscal 2016 Defense Department spending bill unless Congress strikes a deal to lift the both domestic and military spending caps, which will force billions of dollars in across-the-board cuts next year.

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