by ADC | Aug 4, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
The House and Senate approved two-year $2.7 trillion budget measure went to the White House on Friday where it received the president’s signature without ceremony, Roll Call reported. The Senate cleared the bill last Thursday after the House passed it on July 25. It...
by ADC | Aug 1, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
The Senate passed the comprehensive $2.7 trillion two-year spending agreement Thursday that will temporarily suspend the debt ceiling to avert a looming government default while lifting discretionary spending limits for fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2021. The vote was 67-28...
by ADC | Jul 31, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
The Senate is expected to vote Thursday on the comprehensive two-year budget agreement that would avoid a looming debt default and effectively remove $125 billion in fiscal 2020 and 2021 discretionary spending cuts, Politico reported Wednesday. The $2.7 trillion...
by ADC | Jul 29, 2019 | DC360, On Base
The GOP-led Senate is expected to pass the two-year budget agreement this week that would lift looming mandatory spending caps on both defense and nondefense discretionary spending and essentially end the restrictive limits established by the 2011 Budget Control Act,...
by ADC | Jul 25, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
The Democrat-led House passed the recently negotiated comprehensive budget deal Thursday that would suspend the debt ceiling until mid-2021 and set new spending limits over the next two fiscal years, CQ reported. The legislation passed on a 284-149 vote, sending it to...