Powerful lawmakers clash over $3 billion Army contract - Washington Times: "In a classic example of how hometown interests rule on Capitol Hill when money is at stake, Texas and Wisconsin lawmakers are slugging it out over whose state takes home a disputed $3 billion defense contract.
The trouble started in August when Wisconsin-based Oshkosh Corp. won the contract to build medium-sized trucks for the Army, beating out BAE Systems, which held the contract for 17 years and manufactures the vehicles in Sealy, Texas. BAE formally challenged the decision, and the Texas delegation in Congress soon entered the fray."
