Apparently Congress considers the illegal, and costly, acts of the Pentagon less worrisome than the personal affairs of the President. According to one staffer, the House Appropriations Committee spent about an hour deliberating the defense bill, a far cry from the months spent impeaching the President. The budget fight is not quite over, but we can give you an idea of the results. The following graph is based on the spending allocations for Fiscal Year 2000 given to the House appropriations subcommittees by the GOP leadership. The numbers represent the change from FY1999 appropriations.
Defense is the big winner, at the cost of many domestic programs.
Compared The United States is unrivaled in its military superiority. Even our Allies spend more than all of our possible threats combined. Allies include NATO, Japan and S. Korea. Figures are based on 1997 data in billions of dollars. Center for Defense Information.