House passes funding bill to avert government shutdown
The House overwhelmingly approved legislation Tuesday to prevent a government shutdown and keep federal agencies operating beyond Oct. 1.
By Richard Cowan, Reuters
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House narrowly rejects Iran war powers resolution
It’s the second vote in as many days, after the Senate defeated a similar measure along party lines.
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
Amid veto threat, Senate rejects ban on Trump’s big UAE arms sale
The Senate voted Wednesday on two measures to block President Donald Trump’s plan to sell roughly $23 billion in weapons to the United Arab Emirates.
By Joe Gould
Lawmakers introduce resolutions to block Trump’s F-35 sale to UAE
New legislation would halt a $23 billion sale of F-35 fighter jets, Reaper drones and munitions to the United Arab Emirates.
By Joe Gould
House passes funding patch to avert government shutdown
The House passed a stopgap spending measure to avoid a government shutdown and keep the Department of Defense and other federal agencies operating through Dec. 11.
By Joe Gould
Funding patch would avert shutdown through Dec. 11, fund Navy’s Columbia program
House Democrats have filed a stopgap spending measure to avoid a government shutdown and keep the Department of Defense and other federal agencies operating through Dec. 11.
By Joe Gould
Defense industry worries Congress will punt budget deal into 2021
As Congress readies a stopgap spending measure this week, the defense industry is girding for a long-term funding patch that could delay both new procurement programs and needed fiscal certainty into next year.
By Joe Gould
Congress approves bill giving federal support to veterans treatment courts
Veterans treatment courts seek to provide care and mentoring that will address the underlying factors affecting criminal behaviors in veterans rather than applying punishment.
By Harm Venhuizen