by ADC | May 7, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
House Appropriations Committee leaders introduced Tuesday the details of their budget blueprint for allocating $1.3 trillion in fiscal 2020 spending, The Hill reported. The budget proposal is $51 billion more than fiscal 2019 levels and includes a $15.5 billion...
by ADC | May 7, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
Agreement on a bipartisan disaster aid bill slowed Tuesday after the GOP-controlled Senate’s top appropriator said the administration and House are raising new objections, Roll Call reported. “I don’t know of a disaster aid bill in recent years that has been this...
by ADC | May 7, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
Vice President Mike Pence (R-Ind.) promised Tuesday that the controversial proposal for a separate U.S. space force will be brought to fruition, National Defense Magazine reported. “We are working as we speak with Congress to stand up a sixth branch of our armed...
by ADC | May 6, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
The Senate Appropriations Committee is hoping to finish negotiations this week on a bipartisan disaster relief bill, while House Democrats are forging ahead to vote on their own funding package, Roll Call reported Monday. A pending House Appropriations Committee bill...
by ADC | May 3, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
Army Chief of Staff nominee Gen. James McConville smoothly handled his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing Thursday, but warned lawmakers that a potential fiscal 2020 budget stalemate would derail planned Army modernization initiatives, Defense News...
