Date: September 23, 1971
Subject: Cut Defense Spending
Description: McGovern (D-SD) amendment requesting the President to submit to Congress an alternate defense budget for fiscal 1973 based on a hypothetical $60 billion ceiling, with accompanying report making recommendations for congressional action on programs to stimulate defense conversion planning as a consequence of declining defense expenditures. The administration's budget had requested $79 billion in defense expenditures.
Result: Amendment Rejected, 26-58
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