Matt Fuller

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Matt Fuller @MEPFuller

This tweet is gobbledygook to anyone who doesn’t obsessively follow this, but “conservatives” often talk about spending while voting for huge Pentagon plus-ups. Most Republicans want a defense number around $750 billion. The caps set in 2011 put it at $576 billion. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 25, 2019 Hibernated

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Matt Fuller @MEPFuller

He’s replied a couple times to me on Twitter in the last 16 hours, but @RepChipRoy still hasn’t answered whether, when says we should stick to the spending caps, that means he endorses $576 billion for defense. OCO gimmicks notwithstanding, I’d give him credit if he did. — PolitiTweet.org

@RepChipRoy @fozzybrn @SpeakerPelosi I’m still waiting for confirmation that you do, in fact, want to abide by the… https://t.co/FIxtWMblrs

Posted May 25, 2019 Hibernated

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There is a trick to this for Republicans. They can claim they want the $576 billion cap, while just putting a bunch of money in the Overseas Contingency Fund (meant for wars, but often used as a defense slush fund). So it greatly matters what they want for defense *with* OCO. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 25, 2019 Hibernated