Sunday, April 03, 2011

Kucinich, Paul, McKeon join legislation on paying for Libya operations

The Hill reports:
A liberal House member, a conservative budget hawk and the GOP House Armed Services Committee chairman have joined an effort to force the Obama administration to use funds from non-Defense accounts to finance the Libyan intervention.

Liberal stalwart Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), small-government advocate Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) and HASC Chairman Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-Calif.) have signed onto a bill offered last week by Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) seeking a list of offsets to pay for the military campaign.