The Nation - News from Sept. 6, 1985
House Democratic leaders acceded to a request by liberal lawmakers unhappy with a proposed Pentagon budget to hold a separate vote on cutting $10 billion from next year’s defense bill. The agreement was reached during an hourlong closed meeting in the office of Speaker Thomas P. (Tip) O’Neill Jr. (D-Mass.), which included some of the liberal Democrats along with Rep. Les Aspin (D-Wis.), chairman of the Armed Services Committee.
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