> When was the last time anything (large) was defunded by the US congress? All of those old guys in the NSA will remember when Congress defunded supplying arms

> When was the last time anything (large) was defunded by the US congress? All of those old guys in the NSA will remember when Congress defunded supplying arms to the Nicaraguan Contras and the ensuing Iran-Contra scandal which ended quite a few careers and deeply tarnished even the "teflon" president Reagan.