Rep. King to offer amendment to slash DoJ funding equal to cost of DOMA defense

Dan82 · Mar 4, 2011

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...ash-doj-funding-equal-to-cost-of-doma-defense

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is planning to offer an amendment to slash as much funding to the Department of Justice as would have been used to defend the Defense of Marriage Act.

"What I intend to do, and there are other solutions that are offered, and I believe that the Speaker is focused on this, as well ... is to offer an amendment on an appropriations bill that would cut the funding to the Department of Justice in an amount yet to be determined that would be equivalent to that amount that they would otherwise use to defend the Defense of Marriage Act," King said Tuesday.

Last week President Obama announced that the department would stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act, which prohibits same-sex unions...

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Fiender · Mar 4, 2011

So what is the purpose of this? To cut justice funding as a response to the stop of DOMA funding?

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