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From Massachusetts Peace Action
Congress is voting on a $857 billion Pentagon budget, the largest in history. That's $80 billion more than last year And that doesn't count spending on nuclear weapons, spending for the war in Ukraine, and veterans' benefits.
2.9 million children in the United States were lifted out of poverty in 2021 by the Child Tax Credit. But that program expired after a year, and now our elected officials want to spend an equivalent amount on war instead. Bring our war dollars home.
Kill this awful bill. Update, Dec. 8: The House voted for the NDAA 350-80, with 45 Democrats and 35 Republicans voting no. The Senate has yet to act.