139 House Democrats Join Republicans to Approve $717 Billion in Military Spending

"Of the total $717 billion, the bill would authorize $616.9 billion for the base Pentagon budget, $21.9 billion for nuclear weapons programs under the Energy Department, and another $69 billion in war spending from the special Overseas Contingency Operations account," Politico reported following the 359-54 vote"

The Pew Research Center, found that, from 2004 to 2016, the percentage of Americans who favored increasing U.S. military spending only ranged from 13 to 35 percent. By contrast, the percentage of Americans who favored decreasing U.S. military spending or continuing it at the same level ranged from 64 to 83 percent.

This is both sad and immoral....sad for our so called democracy and immoral because of our actions around the world.

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