by ADC | Sep 29, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
After several attempts, the House passed a full-year defense spending bill late Thursday on a near party-line vote. The bill includes multiple policy items championed by the House Freedom Caucus that make it drastically different from the version awaiting a Senate...
by ADC | Sep 26, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is trying again today to begin debate on a defense appropriations bill, along with three other spending bills, according to news reports. As On Base reported, a few House Freedom Caucus members have blocked recent attempts to...
by ADC | Sep 14, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
House Republican leaders were forced to pull the defense appropriations bill from the floor Wednesday after they couldn’t get enough far-right House Freedom Caucus members to support the procedural rule. “The Republican Party always wants to defend the nation and...
by ADC | Mar 6, 2023 | In Our Communities, On Base
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio now has about 35,000 military and civilian employees, a new milestone and roughly twice the number who worked at the base about 20 years ago, Dayton Daily News reported. “Those individuals are part of our community,” Rep. Mike...
by ADC | Mar 28, 2022 | Base Redevelopment, Congress/DoD, On Base, PFAS
Domestic wells near Yakima Training Center, Washington have been contaminated with PFAS, Army officials said at a public meeting last week. So far, testing shows about 56 residents have been impacted. They are being provided with bottled water until the contamination...
by ADC | Sep 2, 2021 | Congress/DoD, NDAA, PFAS
The House Armed Services Committee overwhelmingly passed a fiscal year 2022 defense authorization bill early Thursday after a daylong markup with lawmakers debating hundreds of amendments, including some partisan discussions about extremism, Afghanistan and Guantanamo...
by ADC | Jun 29, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, On Base
New legislation would address a teacher shortage in many military communities, a bipartisan group of lawmakers said in a joint press release. “This bill will make sure military communities are able to attract outstanding teachers, therefore helping students thrive,”...
by ADC | May 31, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
Prominent Republicans on the armed services committees say the $715 billion defense spending level is too low. “I don’t believe for a second this is the number that the secretary of defense believes we need, [or] the deputy secretary,” Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala), the...
by ADC | May 26, 2021 | Congress/DoD, On Base
As the two parties look for a possible deal on a massive infrastructure bill, some lawmakers are seeking to add defense items to whatever might emerge from the talks, Politico reported. “Infrastructure is important to national security,” Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill)...