Defense cuts, as well as cuts to Border Patrol and other essential national security operations, are the ONLY cuts the Dems are willing to allow to pass.
Meanwhile, they fund NSA spying, EBT/Foodstamps, section 8, Benefits for illegals, and other entitlements.
Both parties now feel they can punish the military and veterans with impunity, and there will be zero political fall out. Politicians need to be thrown out of office because of their betrayal, and that is the only language they will understand.