by ADC | Nov 13, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
The White House has signaled a willingness to accept a lower level of homeland security funding for building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border than it originally requested, CQ reported Wednesday night, a potential small first step in breaking an appropriations...
by ADC | Nov 12, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
Appropriators seem to have reached consensus that the next stopgap spending bill will run through Dec. 20, in hopes that an extra month will give them time to negotiate all 12 spending bills by the end of the year. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) and Rep. Nita Lowey...
by ADC | Nov 12, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
Expect cuts in to some programs in the 2021 defense budget proposal as DOD looks for ways to trim spending in some areas to find priorities in the National Defense Strategy, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said this week. As Army secretary, Esper made it a priority to...
by ADC | Nov 11, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
Appropriators are now discussing a stopgap spending bill that would extend federal spending at the current level through Dec. 20, CQ reported Monday. The current spending plan expires Nov. 21. The White House has indicated President Trump would sign a new continuing...
by ADC | Nov 11, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
The Senate Budget Committee last week advanced reform legislation that would require lawmakers to pass two-year budget resolutions. The appropriations cycle would continue to be annual. Despite a 15-6 committee vote and growing frustrations about the dysfunctional...
