“Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) wants to require Congress to pay for any spending in the Pentagon’s war fund.
“Sanders… is offering an amendment to the [NDAA] that would require that lawmakers offset spending in the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) fund by raising new revenues.
“Congress isn’t currently required to pay for any spending through OCO.
“The war fund also isn’t subjected to the congressionally mandated budget caps under the sequester.
“Sanders has long criticized Congress for not paying for wars, and a fact sheet from his office says that the Iraq and Afghanistan wars “were put on the nation’s credit card while the president cut taxes for millionaires and billionaires at the same time.””
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