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This page contains bill sponsorships in the Senate and House.
Bill sponsorships indicate the topics that legislators are most interested in, and spend the most time on.
The resolution supports a base Defense Budget that at the very minimum matches 4% of gross domestic product:- Whereas the defense of the US is contingent unconditional moral and monetary support from the Congress;
- Whereas the US is engaged in a long war with those who employ terror;
- Whereas current equipment is being worn out and damaged and must be rebuilt or replaced;
- Whereas there is a broad consensus that there must be significant personnel increases of 94,000 soldiers within the next 5 years;
- Whereas the defense budget is scheduled to drop in the coming years, to just 3.2% of GDP by 2012;
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Whereas a defense budget of 4% of GDP is far lower than during the Cold War and almost a full percentage point lower than the 'hollow force' era following the Vietnam War;
- Therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House, That it is the policy of the United States to commit a minimum of 4% of the Nation's gross domestic product to the base defense budget in order to meet the fundamental National security requirements of the United States.
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 15.
- Topic: Homeland Security
- Headline: Set minimum spending on defense at 4% of GDP
(Score: 2)
- Key for participation codes:
- Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
- Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
- Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
- Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
Democrats
participating in 2007-HJR67 |
| Jim Marshall |
s1o | Georgia Democrat |
Independents
participating in 2007-HJR67 |
Total recorded by OnTheIssues:
Democrats:
1
Republicans:
29
Independents:
0 |
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