by defensecomm | Dec 16, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360
The negotiated spending deal Congress is expected to pass this week does not restore $3.6 billion in funding the Trump administration moved from military construction projects to a border wall construction account. Democrats said almost all of that money has not been...
by defensecomm | Dec 15, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360
Congressional leaders may formally announce their negotiated spending bills Monday, and the House could vote on the bills in two bundles, known as “minibuses,” as early as Tuesday. That would leave just a few days for the Senate to pass – and the President to sign –...
by defensecomm | Dec 13, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360
Democratic and Republican lawmakers and the White House reached an agreement “in principle” Thursday that will allow Congress to vote on all 12 annual spending bills for fiscal year 2020, according to news reports. “It is my hope that we will consider those...
by ADC | Dec 11, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360
House Appropriations Committee Chair Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday that there may be a deal on spending bills by “the end of the day” Thursday, CQ reported Wednesday night. Republican negotiators send Lowey another offer Wednesday, “and we’re discussing it and we...
by ADC | Dec 10, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360
A federal judge issued a permanent injunction Tuesday night to stop the Trump administration from moving $3.6 billion from the military construction budget to pay for border wall construction. The same judge in Texas had temporarily halted the construction funding in...
