Debt, taxes or cuts: NATO’s 5 percent solution
In Italy it is 47 percent. If faster growth and raising taxes may be off the table, more defense spending may have to come from cutting other government expenditures.
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In Italy it is 47 percent. If faster growth and raising taxes may be off the table, more defense spending may have to come from cutting other government expenditures.
Toomey’s amendment, considered under a 60-vote threshold, was rejected on a 47-48 vote, with all Republicans voting for it except Sen.
The chamber overwhelmingly rejected the Sinema-Tester measure, 10-87, but it gave wavering Democrats cover to reject the Lee amendment, which went down on a 47-50 vote.Â
The latter amendment then was rejected, 47-50.
The chamber rejected a cloture motion related to attaching the amendment 47-47, which required 60 votes for advancement.
Toomey pushed to amend the bill to keep the spending in the discretionary category, but his amendment was defeated in a 47-48 vote.Â
The Senate’s last roll call vote was on Senate Majority Leader Motch McConnell’s motion to limit debate on the Vought confirmation, which prevailed 47-44.