Weapons Industry's $10 Million Investment in Congress Could Yield 450,000% Return

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : As the Public Citizen report -- which relies on campaign finance data from OpenSecrets.org -- explains:Notably, the average campaign contribution from the military-industrial complex to a member of the House or Senate Armed Services Committee who voted "yes" to increase military spending for FY23 is more than triple the average campaign contribution from the military-industrial complex to those who voted "no."
46% : "It is time that we realign our priorities to reflect the urgent needs of communities across this country that are healing from a pandemic, ongoing economic insecurity, and an international energy crisis -- none of which will be resolved through greater military spending."
42% : Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), co-chairs of the Defense Spending Reduction Caucus, this week introduced amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 that would reverse the House attempt to add $37 billion to Biden's Pentagon request and slash U.S. military spending by $100 billion.

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