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Summary The House agreed to a $650 million cut from Pakistan military aid.
Republicans sought to tamp down demands for still deeper reductions because of conservative anger at the Islamabad government.Ted Poe first came to the floor demanding a $1.3 billion cut and initially won the endorsement of Bill Young, who was managing the defense bill on the floor. But ultimately a cut of $650 million was settled upon with the intention of reducing Pakistan’s funds by half.The action came as the House took up the underlying bill, a $608.2 billion defense appropriations measure for the coming year, including $88.2 billion in emergency funds for overseas contingency operations, chiefly in the Afghanistan and Pakistan theater.
