WASHINGTON/NEW YORK -- While the competition with China has been one of the few priorities boasting bipartisan support on Capitol Hill, some Republican lawmakers seem to have experienced sticker shock at the enormous funding required to implement the comprehensive legislation that promises to keep the U.S. a superpower.
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