Obama Defense Reduction

UNITED STATES: BAKER SPRING AND MICHAELA BENDIKOVA

Remedying the BCA’s Impacts on the Defense Budget

An increasing number of leaders in the House and the Senate recognize that the Budget Control Act (BCA) of 2011 will impose a disproportionate burden on an already strained defense budget. The latest corrective effort comes from House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R–VA).