by ADC | Jun 19, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
The House passed a four-bill, nearly $1 trillion minibus spending package Wednesday that includes a $733 billion topline in overall defense funding for fiscal 2020, which starts Oct. 1. The package passed on a 226-to-203 vote that fell along party lines. The chamber’s...
by ADC | Jun 17, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
Top lawmakers from both parties and senior administration officials will meet this week for more negotiations to reach an overall spending agreement that would avoid billions in automatic cuts this fall, Politico reported Monday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell...
by ADC | Jun 11, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
The Democrat-led House is scheduled to vote on its first major fiscal 2020 appropriations package Wednesday, according to a House Appropriations Committee press release. Lawmakers will consider a four-bill package that includes $690 billion in new defense...
by ADC | Jun 6, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
The House will vote on a nearly $1 trillion spending package next week as the first of several appropriations measures that Democrats want to pass to avert automatic spending cuts and a possible government shutdown this fall when a new fiscal year begins, CQ reported...
by ADC | Jun 5, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
The Democrat-led House Homeland Security appropriations subcommittee advanced its fiscal 2020 defense appropriations bill Wednesday that would total $63.8 billion in discretionary DHS spending, CQ reported. “With this bill, House Democrats continue fighting to...