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One budget line Congress can agree on: Spending billions on the US military

  • Written by Rebecca U. Thorpe, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Washington
One budget line Congress can agree on: Spending billions on the US militarySince WWII, there's been strong partisan support for military spending.Mircea Moira/Shutterstock.com

The two-year budget deal signed into law in July marks a rare bipartisan agreement.

The deal adds US$320 billion over current spending levels spread across defense and non-defense programs, averting the threat of debt default until after the 2020...

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