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House passes bill shielding shipbuilding from deep cuts [View all]
http://www.dailypress.com/news/breaking/dp-nws-shipyard-seq-house-vote-20130307,0,6529584.storyHouse passes bill shielding shipbuilding from deep cuts
By Michael Welles Shapiro, mwshapiro@dailypress.com | 757-247-4744
March 7, 2013
A bill that shelters a string of shipbuilding programs from budget cuts breezed through the House Wednesday as a Republican majority was joined by more than 50 Democrats.
The $982 billion bill would keep the government going through the end of the year, shift billions toward Pentagon programs and give the Navy more flexibility in dealing with across-the-board sequester cuts.
Democrats who voted for the measure expressed serious reservations.
Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, D-Newport News, said the legislation would protect jobs in the region by maintaining funding for ship maintenance and construction projects. Still, he said, it falls short by not addressing cuts to programs for children and the uninsured.
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