hypocritexposer
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Looks pretty bi-partisan.
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/house-passes-636b-defense-bill-despite-veto-threat-2009-07-30.html
House passes $636B defense bill despite veto threat
By Roxana Tiron
Posted: 07/30/09 03:04 PM [ET]
The House on Thursday bucked President Barack Obama’s veto threats and overwhelmingly approved a $636 billion Pentagon spending bill for fiscal 2010.
The bill, passed on a 400-30 vote, does meet Obama’s demand to cap the F-22 fighter jet program, something he personally lobbied for. But the measure still contains funding for two programs that have drawn veto threats from the administration.
In particular, the White House this week threatened to veto the bill over $560 million for an alternate engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter as well as $485 million for new helicopters to fly the president on short trips from the White House. The Obama administration did not request funding for either program.
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/house-passes-636b-defense-bill-despite-veto-threat-2009-07-30.html