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This year's debate over defense spending threatens to disrupt a tradition of bipartisan consensus-building over funding the military

  • Written by Gibbs Knotts, Professor of Political Science, College of Charleston
This year's debate over defense spending threatens to disrupt a tradition of bipartisan consensus-building over funding the militaryMembers of the House Freedom Caucus speak to reporters on July 14, 2023, hours before the House passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act.Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images News/Getty Images

Each year for the past six decades, congressional representatives from both sides of the aisle have come together to pass the National Defense...

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