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On Capitol Hill: Democrats Warn Pentagon against Using Milcon Funds for Border Wall along Bombing Range; Smith Set to Lead House Armed Services 0
- Congress/DoD
- December 13, 2018
Four Democratic senators are questioning the military’s effort to study the possibility of constructing a new border barrier system along a 31-mile section of the Barry M. Goldwater Range in southwest Arizona. The Navy recently began studies on building barriers along the range, despite its inability to provide Congress “with a clear justification or a
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Democrats Skeptical of White House Plan to Boost Defense Spending 0
- Congress/DoD
- December 12, 2018
Increasing defense spending by almost 5 percent to $750 billion in fiscal 2020 likely is not realistic, Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee, said following news reports that President Trump has reversed course and now plans to boost his budget request for national security. “It seems hard for me
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Administration’s Topline for Defense Could Rise to $750B following White House Meeting 0
- Congress/DoD
- December 11, 2018
President Trump has directed the Pentagon to submit a $750 billion draft budget proposal for fiscal 2020 in a reversal from October when he announced DOD’s request would be cut by almost 5 percent from existing plans to ask for $733 billion. The abrupt change follows a meeting at the White House last week with
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Rep. Granger Tapped for Top GOP Slot on House Appropriations 0
- Congress/DoD
- November 30, 2018
Texas Rep. Kay Granger is set to become the House Republicans’ top appropriator in the 116th Congress after the GOP Steering Committee selected her Thursday. The House GOP Conference still needs to ratify the decision today. Granger has served as chairwoman of the defense appropriations subcommittee since 2017, creating a vacancy for a Republican to
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Lawmakers Point to Report’s Conclusion to Bolster Case for Higher Defense Spending 0
- Congress/DoD
- November 28, 2018
Defense hawks in Congress are using the overriding takeaway from the recent report by the National Defense Strategy Commission — the U.S. military is at risk of losing its next major conflict — as their opening argument in an effort to sustain the growth in defense spending over the past two years. “We got ourselves
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GOP Content to Let House Democrats Tackle Earmarks 0
- Congress/DoD
- November 27, 2018
Many House Republicans have been eager to suspend the chamber’s eight-year-old ban on earmarks, but House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) recently has been urging the GOP Conference to step back and let Democrats make the first move when they assume control of the House in the 116th Congress. “Let the new party wrestle with
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On Capitol Hill: Democrats Warn Pentagon against Using Milcon Funds for Border Wall along Bombing Range; Smith Set to Lead House Armed Services 0