by ADC | Nov 7, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
The military services are stepping up their warnings about what would happen if Congress continues forcing DOD to operate at its current budget levels for the rest of the fiscal year. The Air Force has outlined which “capabilities cannot be realized without an...
by ADC | Nov 6, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
House and Senate appropriators will sit down next week when House lawmakers return from their Veterans Day break. “We’re going to talk about everything — any way to move the process,” Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) said, according to...
by ADC | Nov 6, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
Defense Secretary Mark Esper is so worried about the consequences of a long-term continuing resolution that when he went to Capitol Hill recently to brief lawmakers on the Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi raid, “he spent much of his time pleading for a 2020 appropriations bill,”...
by ADC | Nov 6, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Pete Visclosky (D-Ind.) surprised colleagues Wednesday by announcing he won’t seek re-election to the House next year. By seniority, Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) is next in line to head the subcommittee. If she chooses...
by ADC | Nov 5, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
The White House is willing to accept a smaller pot of money for a southern border wall than it initially requested, CQ reported late Tuesday. “The bazaar is open, no reasonable offer refused,” CQ reported a source as saying. “It’s time for the Hill to make them a...
