Defense spending bill includes $1M for Army to change Confederate base names

[mystery-ak]

Defense spending bill includes $1M for Army to change Confederate base names
By Rebecca Kheel - 07/07/20 04:31 PM EDT

House Democrats’ version of the annual defense spending bill would give the Army $1 million to help remove Confederate names from bases and other property.

The bill would set aside $1 million from the Army’s operations and maintenance account to use on “expenses for the renaming of Army installations, facilities, roads and streets named after confederate leaders and officers,” according to draft text released by the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday.

The provision is included in the $694.6 billion Pentagon spending bill for fiscal 2021 that the House Appropriations Committee’s defense subpanel is scheduled to consider behind closed doors Wednesday.


A Democratic summary of the bill said the money would be provided because “the Army has the preponderance of the entities to change.” The Army has 10 bases named after Confederate military officers.

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https://thehill.com/policy/defense/506252-defense-spending-bill-includes-1m-for-army-to-change-confederate-base-names

[mystery-ak]

Grassley: Senate would 'probably' override Trump veto of defense bill amid base renaming fight

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/506167-grassley-senate-would-probably-override-trump-veto-of-defense-bill-amid-base

[EdinVA]

The Army's budget for 2019 was almost $200 billion, why do they need another $1 million to follow orders?

[GtHawk]

The Army's budget for 2019 was almost $200 billion, why do they need another $1 million to follow orders?

I'm just spitballing here but somehow I can't believe that a million dollars would come close to paying for all the signage and other things that would have to be changed. This is just a symbolic amount, the entire thing is designed to be able to attack Trump as a racist and pro slave owners if he vetoes the bill.

[catfish1957]

I'm just spitballing here but somehow I can't believe that a million dollars would come close to paying for all the signage and other things that would have to be changed. This is just a symbolic amount, the entire thing is designed to be able to attack Trump as a racist and pro slave owners if he vetoes the bill.

Politcal and sociiological mores change with time.  There will be a time that all the BLM and MLK statues fall in rage.  And I will smiling beyond the grave.