Serrano Votes Against War Funding

"I am supportive of the President's efforts to cut down on wasteful spending in the Defense Department and to make the spending on our ongoing wars more transparent," said Serrano. "Therefore, I am pleased that this bill takes steps to fulfill those goals. However, it is long past time that we left Iraq and Afghanistan. I could not vote for a bill that continues to fund the misbegotten war in Iraq and makes an open ended commitment to the war in Afghanistan."

H.R. 3326 will now have to be reconciled with the eventual  Senate version of the bill and then signed by the President. However, he has threatened to veto the bill if several billion dollars worth of expensive weapon systems are not cut. These differences will have to be resolved before the bill becomes law.