by ADC | Feb 7, 2023 | BRAC, Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts says something feels different in the latest debt limit showdown. “In my conversations with members of Congress in recent weeks, conservatives repeatedly mentioned their willingness to tackle the thorny challenge of military...
by ADC | Feb 1, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) are meeting this afternoon at the White House to try to negotiate a solution to the nation’s debt limit crisis. The country has essentially reached its debt ceiling, and if Congress doesn’t act to raise the...
by ADC | Jan 27, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
The United States has officially hit its debt ceiling, according to the Treasury Department, which is now using short-term bookkeeping tactics to keep the government from defaulting on the amount it has borrowed to cover previous spending. Those tactics could get the...
by ADC | Jan 23, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said Sunday that “there’s enough support on both sides of the aisle, majority in the Democratic Party, majority in the Republican,” to continue U.S. aid for Ukraine. McCaul made the remarks on CNN when...
by ADC | Jan 19, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) has officially been named chair of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee. “The men and women who step forward to secure our country are the fabric that holds together our common defense and what give America an advantage against any...
by ADC | Jan 18, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said over the weekend that there are ways to cut defense spending. “Are there areas that I think they could be more efficient in? Yeah. Eliminate all the money spent on ‘wokeism.’ Eliminate all the money that they’re trying to...
by ADC | Jan 11, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
For the first time in U.S. history, four women are in charge of congressional appropriations. “[I]t is our responsibility as members of Congress to do the hard work to listen to one another, find common ground and then reach sensible solutions that help the American...
by ADC | Jan 10, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
The House passed a new rules package Monday that was the result of a deal Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) made last week, and some in the party are concerned the deal also paves the way for deep defense cuts. McCarthy reportedly promised the handful of holdouts for...
by ADC | Jan 9, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
Details are beginning to emerge of the backroom deal Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) made with some in his conference to win the speakership early Saturday morning on the 15th ballot. According to reports, the deal includes freezing spending at fiscal year 2022...
