appropriations

House Lawyers File Motion to Stop Milcon Funds from Going to Border Wall 0
- DC360
- April 24, 2019
House lawyers filed a motion Tuesday evening requesting a federal judge block the administration’s plan to use reprogrammed DOD funds for southern border barriers, according to The Hill. The motion seeks to stop about $6 billion in military construction and counter-drug funds for building President Donald Trump’s long-promised border wall. “Defendants are moving quickly to
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President Trump Dismisses Grand Spending Caps Deal 0
- DC360
- April 14, 2019
President Donald Trump Thursday night dismissed the idea of a bipartisan two-year spending caps deal to avoid billions in mandatory defense and nondefense spending cuts, Politico.com reported. “House Democrats want to negotiate a $2 TRILLION spending increase but can’t even pass their own plan. We can’t afford it anyway, and it’s not happening!” Trump tweeted.
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House Armed Services Committee Sets June Markups for NDAA 0
- Congress/DoD, DC360, Events
- April 11, 2019
The House Armed Services Committee will begin its markup of the fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act in early June, according to a House Armed Services Committee press release. The markup begins June 4 with the subcommittees for Military Personnel, Seapower and Projection Forces, Tactical Air and Land Forces and Strategic Forces. The next day
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Army Defends Decision to End CH-47 Purchases 0
- Congress/DoD, DC360
- April 11, 2019
Top Army officials testifying before House defense appropriators earlier this week defended the service’s decision to stop purchasing CH-47 Chinook helicopters, Military.com reported. Last year the Army pursued about $30 billion in budget savings to pay for the service’s modernization strategy over the next five years. The CH-47 cuts were among 186 cost savings ideas,
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House Sets Spending Level; McConnell Reports Bipartisan Budget Talks 0
- Congress/DoD, DC360
- April 10, 2019
House lawmakers voted to raise the overall 2020 budget limit to $1.3 trillion Tuesday, allowing appropriators to begin work on spending bills, as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell later told reporters bipartisan budget talks are underway, Defense News reported. The House set a $733 billion top-line for national defense as part of a “deeming resolution”
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‘I’d Be Sympathetic’: 7 Moments from Tuesday’s HASC Hearing 0
- Congress/DoD, DC360, Military Families
- April 2, 2019
Army and Air Force leaders testified before the House Armed Services Committee Tuesday. Here are some of the highlights, based on a CQ transcript: Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.) asked whether DOD can adequately operate under a fiscal year 2020 appropriation of $733 billion, the amount House leaders have proposed. “I think the Army’s component of
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