The Pentagon has had a decade-long business partnership with the NASCAR stock-car racing circuit that has been a boon to the sport. But amid the House’s Republican-led frenzy to cut federal spending, some Democrats have made it a target, backing an amendment to the fiscal 2011 continuing resolution that would prohibit any of its funds going toward military sponsorships of stock cars.
Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., wants to pull funding for the Defense Department’s motorsports marketing enterprise, despite … More
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