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Moving the money from the Pentagon to Health Care

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Lee and Pocan, who both sit on the House Appropriations Committee, are spearheading a new Defense Spending Reduction Caucus to build "critical mass" among lawmakers to cut defense spending and redirect the money toward domestic priorities, a trade-off that has been amplified by the health and economic crises wrought by the coronavirus pandemic
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/28/democratic-brawl-brewing-on-defense-spending-433435

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