by ADC | Jul 26, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
The Senate Appropriations Committee will consider its version of the fiscal year 2025 defense spending bill Aug. 1, along with several other spending bills. The hearing will be livestreamed. The House has passed several spending bills on the house floor but not the...
by ADC | Jul 17, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
ADC is hosting a webinar Thursday at 3 p.m. Eastern time to share the latest on defense legislation on Capitol Hill. Register here to join the webinar. Participants will get an insiders’ look at the discussions lawmakers are having about the federal budget, defense...
by ADC | Jul 11, 2024 | Defense Budget, On Base
The Senate’s top appropriators, Sens. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), have reached an agreement to increase the defense budget by 3.4% and the non-defense budget by 2.7%, AP reported. Those figures will set up a showdown with the House. Their...
by ADC | Jul 1, 2024 | Defense Budget, On Base
The House Friday passed its version of the fiscal year 2025 defense appropriations bill, along with two other spending bills. It will next work to reconcile them with Senate spending bills, which are not completed. “You have to have a place to start, a negotiating...
by ADC | Jun 25, 2024 | Defense Budget, On Base
The House Rules Committee will meet this afternoon to consider more than 400 amendments to the defense appropriations bill. The bill is expected to be considered on the floor later this week. All Democrats on the Appropriations Committee voted against the bill in...
by ADC | Jun 14, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
The House Appropriations Committee approved an $833 billion defense spending bill for next fiscal year. It includes the 19.5% pay raise for junior enlisted troops the House is set to include in its version of the defense authorization bill. The spending bill passed on...
by ADC | Jun 7, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, NDAA, On Base
The House is expected to consider the National Defense Authorization Act next week. The Rules Committee, which sets the terms of floor debate, will meet Tuesday to consider more than 1,300 amendments lawmakers have filed on the bill. “Members of the House’s right...
by ADC | Jun 5, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
The House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee will mark up its version of the fiscal year 2025 defense spending bill today during a closed hearing. The subcommittee Tuesday released the bill and a summary. Here are some of the highlights: 5% basic pay raise for all...
by ADC | May 28, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
The House Armed Services Committee advanced its version of the “The Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act” Wednesday with a focus on quality of life for service members and military families. It includes a pay raise of up to...
