Senate Starts NDAA Work Today

June 13, 2022

The Senate Armed Services Committee begins marking up its version of the fiscal year 2023 defense authorization bill with a series of subcommittee hearings today and tomorrow.

Most of the hearings are closed to the public, except for the Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee meeting Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. Eastern time and the Personnel Subcommittee hearing Tuesday at 3 p.m. Eastern time. Both of those hearings will be streamed online.

The full committee will hold its closed-door markup Wednesday.

The House Armed Services Committee’s subcommittees completed their work last week, and the full committee will mark up its bill June 22, as On Base reported.

DOD photo by Lisa Ferdinando

June 13, 2022

Recent News

Murray Will Push for More Domestic Spending if Defense Budget Goes Up

Murray Will Push for More Domestic Spending if Defense Budget Goes Up

There’s some bipartisan talk on Capitol Hill of raising the fiscal year 2025 defense budget above the levels agreed to in last year’s spending deal. But the top Democratic appropriator said last week that “stronger investments” are needed in the national security...

Biden Says National Guard Should Not Intervene in Campus Protests

Biden Says National Guard Should Not Intervene in Campus Protests

President Biden told reporters last week that “order must prevail” when protests become violent, as some pro-Palestinian demonstrations have on college campuses across the country, as CBS News reported. “I will always defend free speech,” Biden said Thursday,...

Post-Leadership, McConnell Plans to Push for More Defense Funding

Post-Leadership, McConnell Plans to Push for More Defense Funding

When Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell steps down from his Senate leadership role after the November elections, he’ll have at least two more years in the Senate. Now he’s signaled one of his priorities as a rank-and-file Senator is to increase defense funding,...

In Our Communities

In Our Communities

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) signed a bill this week to make it easier for military spouses to start work with a license from another state, according to a press release. “Our veterans and military families have dedicated their lives and undergo great sacrifice in...

PAST STORIES