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The U.S. House has passed the Republican version of the 2016 budget.
The measure, which passed on a vote of 228-199, received the support of every Republican from the Alabama delegation. Included in the budget is $96 billion for the Pentagon's war fund, almost a $40 billion increase over the White House's proposal.
All told, the House Budget Resolution sets defense spending at $619 billion.
WASHINGTON — Alabama's newest Congressman, Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL6), took his turn to grill President Obama's budget director in a House Budget Committee hearing Wednesday.
After recounting the Aesop's fable of the ant who prepared for the impending winter, and the grasshopper who starved because he didn't, Rep. Palmer told Obama budget director Shaun Donovan, "The fiscal winter is upon us, Mr. Donovan, and if this budget is any indication this administration is playing the role of the grasshopper."
MONTGOMERY, AL (WAFF) -
President Obama revealed his record $4 trillion spending plan to Congress on Monday, a budget that is being widely viewed as "dead on arrival."
Several Alabama lawmakers were vocally critical of Obama's budget package, which includes tax increases on wealthier Americans and the elimination of some spending caps to favor domestic and military programs.
