house Bill H.R. 4870
Department of Defense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2015
Argument in favor
Bipartisan support and deficit-aware. Gives Armed Forces personnel a pay raise. Keeps military bases open. Keeps commissary subsidies going. A number of new ships mean good things for American manufacturing .
Argument opposed
The Pentagon's nearly $80 billion dollar slush fund should be cut; giving the DoD a second budget isn't realistic in tough economic times, and especially with a drawdown in Afghanistan impending.