Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) plans to use next week's vote on transportation spending to end aid to Egypt following the ouster of the country's freely elected president.

Paul's amendment comes as a growing number of senators are rebelling against the White House's decision not to call Mohamed Morsi's ouster a military coup, a declaration that would automatically freeze the $1.5 billion in mostly military aid the U.S. provides every year.

The foreign aid skeptic proposes spending the money on the country's crumbling bridges instead, an issue that has bipartisan appeal.

“It is no secret that our nation’s roads and bridges are crumbling at an increasing rate, many of which are in critical stages of disrepair,” Paul said in introducing the amendment.

“Instead of sending taxpayer money to countries that are ineligible to receive our aid, like Egypt, we should be directing that money to these pressing domestic needs.”

http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/...rgets-egypt-aid

I could care less whether they call it a coup or not, we should not be sending 1.5 billion dollars to any other country!!