Congress sent Obama a $612 billion defense policy bill with 70 to 27 approval in the Senate and 269 to 151 approval in the House. Obama has threatened to veto, which would only be the fifth time in the past 50 years. His reasons are that the bill increases the war-fighting account with no increase in money for domestic agencies. Others are unhappy with the bill because they claim it needs to focus more on long-term military strategy. The overall vote in the House and Senate proves that most people are happy with the bill even if some think it could be better. Obama is receiving pressure to sign the bill. Should he choose to veto?
Monday, October 12, 2015
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Obama shouldn't veto because congress and the federal government doesn't need anymore complications. Also, this amount was the total requested by Obama and no more so it was he who brought it about.
ReplyDeleteI think Obama should veto the bill. Domestic agencies can't be ignored - they need funding too. We also need a longterm military strategy. As long as the bill fails to account for / focus on these two things, Obama should veto it.
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Obama should veto. This country pays far too much attention to defense capability and military might. One of the only factors we lead the globe in is defense spending (we spend almost twice as much as the next country on the list). We don't need billions more dollars to go into defense which is already swelling with government money as it is.
ReplyDeleteI agree, I think that Obama should veto the bill. Congress needs to cut down on the overall spending on military. They also need to provide a more specific and long term plan for the military that doesn't push the government further into debt and will create clear improvement in the defense of the United States.
ReplyDeleteI think he should not veto it. We do need to focus on domestic agencies but the military is very important. I do also think we need to cut spending but not on military and defense. The article was not working for me either.
ReplyDeleteI think Obama should veto. US Defense is important, but the amount of money we have spent on the military is already staggering and not in need of an increase. There are several other groups and organizations we should be funding. Another point to consider is that with this being Obama's final year in office, I think it would be wise to leave military standings alone and without unnecessary alteration and up to discretion of the new 2016 president.
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ReplyDeleteThe article didn't work for me either, but I'll do my best based on what's in the synopsis.
ReplyDeleteI'm still haunted by what our summer reading book exposed about outrageous government spending on the military. As others said, we really spend far too much on our military as it is, and I personally don't think we should keep spending more.
I think the bill should be modified to accomodate a long-term military strategy if only to make it more appealing to all parties. And while I personally don't approve of the bill and would like to see it vetoed, I don't think Obama should veto it in light of the support from both houses. If he does veto it, would it not be reasonably possible for the veto to be overridden?
But I really disagree with the idea of spending more money on another military policy.
I agree that Obama should veto. We spend too much on war and we need to look to start shutting down these wars. I know that Obama has stated this before but he is now saying that he will not be able to finish these wars he said he will and the next president will inherent them. We should look to carefully leave the middle east, without creating a power vacuum, then only support nations in resources, save troops.
ReplyDeleteAs Kelly mentioned, our summer reading comes to mind. The last thing our military needs is increased funding. And while there's a chance that the veto could be overridden, I believe it's worth trying to veto. If Obama doesn't veto this bill, where do military funding bills end? $700 billion? $1000 billion? Even higher? Military funding is getting ridiculous, and I believe Obama should do everything in his power to prevent this bill from being passed.
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