[CPEO-IRF] BRAC Budget

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

NEW: Republicans push to pass $5.6B BRAC bill

Gary Martin
San Antonio Express-News (TX)
February 9, 2007

WASHINGTON - Republican lawmakers are pushing Democrats to do what they 
could not: Pass a 2007 spending bill with $5.6 billion for base closure 
projects.

House Democrats approved their version of the bill earlier this month, 
but reduced BRAC funding to $2.5 billion. The remaining $3.1 billion was 
redirected to education and health care programs.

As the Senate begins debate on the bill, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, 
R-Texas, is asking Democratic leaders to restore the $3.1 billion, part 
of which will be used to move U.S. troops from overseas to domestic 
bases, like Fort Bliss near El Paso.

The funds also would be used for base closure-related consolidations, 
including the transfer of all military medical training for enlisted 
personnel at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, and the expansion of 
Brooke Army Medical Center.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA020907.brac5.6bbill.en.687c8ee0.html

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Lenny Siegel
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