by ADC | Sep 10, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) endorsed a short-term continuing resolution spending measure Monday to avoid a looming partial government shutdown, Politico reported. The proposed measure is acknowledgement that lawmakers will need several weeks of work...
by ADC | Sep 9, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
Lawmakers are considering a short-term continuing resolution to avoid a partial government shutdown on Oct. 1, despite a bipartisan spending agreement in July that was intended to establish military and nondefense spending for fiscal 2020, Defense News reported...
by ADC | Jul 9, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
Senate Republicans are renewing concerns about a White House proposal to use a one-year continuing resolution (CR) to fund fiscal 2020 federal spending and avoid a potential October government shutdown, according to a report in The Hill. Sen. Dave Perdue (R-Ga.), a...
by ADC | Jun 19, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
Senior White House officials met with top congressional leaders Wednesday to resume negotiations toward reaching a comprehensive deal on spending limits but left at a stalemate on overall spending to avoid another government shutdown this fall, Politico reported....
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...