GOP lawmakers suggest DOD cut climate change initiatives from budget
Republican leaders in Congress are recommending the Pentagon cut $377.35 million worth of climate change initiatives and allocate that money elsewhere.
By Jen Judson
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Uncertainty is the only constant in the Pentagon’s budget outlook
“It’s going to be kind of a disaster,” one military official said about the lack of a full budget, which means more limits on how the Pentagon spends.
Cancelled bonuses, PCS moves among fallout from delayed budget, service chiefs warn
Kicking the budget can down the road could have serious consequences on personnel, leaders said.
This week in Congress: 2022 starts with leftover work from 2021
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of Jan. 10, 2022.
Senate passes stopgap funding bill, avoiding shutdown
The measure now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.
A debt limit default looms. Here’s why the Pentagon should be concerned.
A lack of progress on America's debt ceiling risks an economic meltdown.
By Joe Gould
Here’s how the new continuing resolution will frustrate the Pentagon
The short-term budget deal approved by Congress freezes billions of dollars in planned Pentagon acquisitions programs, as well as some of President Joe Biden’s top priorities to deter China. It could be months before they move ahead.
$1B Iron Dome fund stripped from new continuing resolution
A proposal to send Israel $1 billion for the Iron Dome air defense system has been cut out of a stopgap government funding bill, meant to avoid a government shutdown after Sept. 30, in order to ease its passage in the House.
By Joe Gould
US Senate votes down $50B defense infrastructure boost
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday rejected a Republican proposal to add $50 billion in defense infrastructure spending to Democrats’ budget resolution.
By Joe Gould
Defense top line ‘will probably go up’: Key Dems see GOP boost as path to a deal
“The people who want to spend more than the Biden number have built a lot of support, and yes, I think that is a potential bipartisan pathway,” says House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith. “I don’t support it, I don’t think that’s where we should go, but at the end of the day, I have one vote.”
By Joe Gould
Afghanistan war cost more than $2T and 240,000 lives, report finds
The figures include half-a-trillion dollars on interest.
House Armed Services chair ‘deeply concerned’ by White House budget delays
The Democratic chairman of the House Armed Services Committee blasted the White House for “dragging their feet” on the federal budget, urging its release by May 10 to avoid a continuing resolution.
By Joe Gould