Stop saying the House of reps does nothing...
They cannot figure out how to get jobs for unemployed, or food for hungry but they can legislate camouflage
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-approves-measure-to-have-military-branches-share-one-camouflage-pattern/2013/06/14/017700f6-d4ff-11e2-bc43-c404c3269c73_story.html?tid=ts_carousel
By David A. Fahrenthold, Updated: Friday, June 14, 2:35 PM E-mail the writer
The U.S. House approved a measure Friday that would require all branches of the military to share the same camouflage uniforms — instead of the 10 different camouflage patterns in use today. The measure, written by freshman Rep. William Enyart (D-Ill.), was passed as part of the broader National Defense Authorization Act, which sets the Pentagon’s budget. The measure passed by a vote of 315 to 108.
The U.S. military's changing camouflage
The proposal still needs to be approved by the Senate. But there have been some signals of support there.
On Thursday, for instance, the Senate’s Armed Services Committee approved its own version of the defense-authorization bill — with a new provision added, to require the services to move toward using a single camouflage uniform at some point in the future. That change was suggested by committee chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), a committee spokeswoman said.
In the House, Enyart’s provision would require all armed services to share the same camouflage uniform by October 2018. It would still allow for variations in that shared uniform, adapted to different environments such as woodlands and desert.
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