Defense Appropriations
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - His campaign fliers declare him "A Soldier's Congressman." His TV ads feature testimonials from the mother of a Marine.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Ignoring Republican complaints about wasteful federal spending, Democratic Sen.
WASHINGTON - House Republicans who have spent months demanding spending cuts blanched Wednesday at their first opportunity to actually make them, instead joining Democrats in treating a bill to pay for veterans programs in 2011 as politically sacrosanct in an election year.
