Record US Military Budget $858 BILLION vote
Following WWII, the Pentagon was supposed to become a medical facility. The late Peace Activist Father Daniel Berrigan said — well maybe it has. It appears to be an insane asylum with a single focus: war, war, and more war. This past week the US Congress approved an $858 BILLION military budget (NDAA), the largest military budget in history, and larger than the next 11 nations’ military budgets combined. The approval had overwhelming bi-partisan support. The vote was 83-11 in the Senate and 350-80 in the House. Bernie Sanders who voted NO called the Congressional vote a “Moral and Political Disgrace.”
Indeed it is a disgrace, especially given the need for preventing climate disasters and providing food, housing, medical care, and education to millions at home and around the world.
It appears Congress has a serious addiction to war and is in need of a 12-step healing program. All Hawaii Congress people — Ed Case, Kai Kahele, Brian Schatz, and Mazie Hirono voted FOR the $858 BILLION war budget, $45 Billion more than President Jow Biden requested.
It’s good to know who voted YEA and NAY on the NDAA.
Here is the official Military Budget (NDAA) Roll Call Vote. Check it out
House vote here https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022516
