by ADC | Sep 7, 2023 | Congress/DoD, NDAA, On Base
House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said Wednesday it will be difficult to reconcile the Senate’s bipartisan version of the National Defense Authorization Act with the version the House passed. The House version includes controversial...
by ADC | Aug 22, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
When Congress returns to D.C. after Labor Day, it will have only a few weeks to pass a stopgap spending bill before the fiscal year ends Sept. 30. The far-right House Freedom Caucus said Monday it will not support a continuing resolution that keeps spending at its...
by ADC | Dec 8, 2022 | Congress/DoD, NDAA, On Base
House leaders scrambled late Wednesday to find a new way to bring the National Defense Authorization Act to the floor, with the Congressional Black Caucus threatening to vote against the rule allowing the bill to come up for consideration unless voting rights...
by ADC | Dec 1, 2022 | Congress/DoD, On Base
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is the new leader of House Democrats, after a caucus vote Wednesday. He will be the first Black legislative leader of a U.S. major political party, as AP reported. The caucus also elected Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) as Democratic whip...
by ADC | Nov 18, 2022 | Congress/DoD, On Base
With Republicans set to take control of the House, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced on the House floor Thursday that she will not seek a caucus leadership role in the next Congress. Her likely successor as Democratic Leader is Rep. Hakeem Jeffries...
by ADC | Nov 16, 2022 | Congress/DoD, On Base
The House Republican Conference voted Tuesday to nominate House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as House speaker when the new Congress convenes, but 31 of his fellow Republicans voted against him in the secret vote, as Reuters reported. With the growing...
by ADC | Oct 26, 2022 | Congress/DoD, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
A group of House Democrats sought Tuesday to take back a request that President Biden negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin to reach a ceasefire agreement in its war on Ukraine, Axios reported. The chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Rep. Pramila...
by ADC | Oct 25, 2022 | Congress/DoD, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
Thirty House Democrats told President Biden Monday that they want him to engage with Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to Putin’s war on Ukraine. “[W]e also believe it is in the interests of Ukraine, the United States and the world to avoid a...
by ADC | Oct 3, 2022 | On Base, PFAS
Dozens of states are taking action against PFAS, the so-called “forever chemicals” that show up in many plastics, other consumer products and the kind of firefighting foam often used at military installations, according to a Pew Trusts Stateline article. “More...
