To: Sen. Tammy Baldwin (WI-2)

.@SenatorBaldwin: Explain Your Vote for Pentagon Bloat

Explain why you broke with three-fourths of Senate Democrats to support John McCain's amendment to pad the Pentagon budget by $18 billion.

Why is this important?

On Thursday, June 9, the Senate rejected an amendment by John McCain to increase the Pentagon budget by $18 billion. [1] The vote was 56-42 in favor; 60 votes were needed to pass. McCain's amendment tried to violate a bipartisan budget accord that increases in Pentagon spending must be matched by increases in domestic spending. 31 Democrats and 11 Republicans voted no on McCain's amendment; 44 Republicans and 12 Democrats and voted yes on McCain's amendment. [2] McCain's amendment was opposed by groups who disagree with diverting our tax dollars from human needs to the bloated Pentagon budget. [3]

Wisconsin Democrat Tammy Baldwin, who is widely seen as a "progressive Democrat," was one of the 12 Democrats who supported McCain's amendment to pad the Pentagon budget by $18 billion.

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References:
1. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/06/09/us/politics/ap-us-congress-defense-budget.html
2. http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=114&session=2&vote=00096
3. http://winwithoutwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/NDAA-Letter-McCain-Amendment.pdf