House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) said Monday, if forced to choose, he would support tax increases before further cuts to the Pentagon budget.
The hawkish Republican said he “would go for strengthening defense” if he must vote either for raising some taxes or shrinking the Pentagon’s budget beyond the $350 billion mandated by the August debt deal. But it is clear McKeon, like other Republicans, wants a special deficit-cutting congressional committee to focus on entitlement program cuts.
Full story: GOP Rep. McKeon would support tax hike to stave off more Pentagon cuts