House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) suggested Thursday morning she could support a version of the president’s proposed spending freeze that included defense spending.
Pelosi stressed at her weekly press conference that the entire defense budget “should not be exempted” from the freeze, as proposed by President Barack Obama in his State of the Union address Wednesday night. She added such “drastic action” might be necessary to tame the nation’s growing, $1.3 trillion federal deficit.
Full story: Pelosi would back spending freeze if it also applies to defense – The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room