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Senate overwhelmingly votes down Sanders’s NDAA amendment slashing defense budget by 10%

By Emily Jacobs
Published July 27, 2023 6:10pm ET
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Senate overwhelmingly votes down Sanders’s NDAA amendment slashing defense budget by 10%
The Senate overwhelmingly voted down Sen. Bernie Sanders‘s (I-VT) National Defense Authorization Act amendment to slash the nation’s military budget by 10% on Thursday. Members voted 88 to 11 against the motion, which would cut down the Pentagon’s annual budget “excluding accounts and funds relating to military personnel, the Defense Health Program, and assistance to […]


The Senate overwhelmingly voted down Sen. Bernie Sanders‘s (I-VT) National Defense Authorization Act amendment to slash the nation’s military budget by 10% on Thursday.

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