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 | Oct 30, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
House and Senate leaders have shown some signs of consensus this week on a plan for completing the 12 annual appropriations bills, with a tentative completion goal of Dec. 31. The House has passed 10 of the bills. The Senate has not yet passed any. The biggest holdup...
by ADC | Oct 30, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
Relying on another continuing resolution instead of formal appropriations bills poses real risks to the Army’s readiness, Army Sec. Ryan McCarthy has told reporters. Continuing resolutions have become more common in D.C. in recent years, but McCarthy says it’s...
by ADC | Oct 29, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
The current continuing resolution under which the federal government is operating expires Nov. 22, and concern is growing that lawmakers and the White House will be unable to act to keep the government open. “I’m increasingly worried that President Trump will want to...