Since the election, they have been eager to deal with tax rates, the debt ceiling, amnesty for illegals, and National Applejuice Day....everything but the sequester that punishes our nation's military the most.
McConnell gave a pathetic "Read My Lips" tough guy speech to reporters yesterday, saying he doesn't care if the sequester cuts into our military and he can't be bothered anymore.
Rep Hunter (R-CA) and another Republican Congressman decided to beat the victim during the House Armed Services Committee hearings, telling the Joint Chiefs the deep cuts to the Defense Dept are partially "your fault!"
I kid you not.
I don’t see the transcript yet (Duncan Hunter and JC Dempsey), but if I had to guess, Hunter was probably criticizing Dempsey for keeping wasteful programs around too long. The DoD gambled that sequestration would be averted so they didn’t really have to cut. Now I know there are current actual cuts but up to last year there were no actual cuts.