Date: April 24, 1979
Subject: Defense Budget
Description: McGovern (D-SD) amendment to reduce national defense spending by $1.7 billion (budget authority) in 1980, to "transfer" $1 billion of that to nutrition, education for the handicapped, energy conservation and railroad rehabilitation programs, to use the rest to decrease the deficit and to make similar adjustments to the fiscal 1981 and 1982 budgets. This vote drew a line between those who did and did not see the need for increased spending to upgrade ailing U.S. defenses.
Result: Amendment Rejected, 24-69
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