by ADC | Dec 15, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Israel-Hamas, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
Senators will return to the Capitol next week to see if they can reach a deal on border security language to attach to a supplemental spending bill with aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. “We have to get this done,” Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said. “We...
by ADC | Dec 12, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Israel-Hamas, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Monday with President Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. He’s got meetings on Capitol Hill today, even though Congress seems increasingly likely to break for the year without providing more aid for Ukraine, Israel,...
by ADC | Dec 11, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Israel-Hamas, NDAA, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
Here’s what we’re watching before Congress leaves at the end of the week for its holiday break. The Senate is expected to consider the National Defense Authorization Act on the floor over the next few days and may pass it by Wednesday and send it to the House. It...
by ADC | Dec 4, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Israel-Hamas, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
Bipartisan Senate negotiations on border security broke down Friday night, another obstacle for the White House’s $105 billion supplemental spending request to send aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as Punchbowl News detailed this morning. Republicans are insisting...
by ADC | Dec 1, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Israel-Hamas, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. C.Q. Brown warned Congress this week that operating under a yearlong continuing resolution “would be historically costly to the Joint Force,” as Military.com reported. As it struggles to finish its appropriations work, Congress has extended...
by ADC | Nov 30, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Israel-Hamas, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
The White House and DOD are circulating maps on Capitol Hill that show which states are getting the biggest economic benefit from defense contractors supporting the nation’s aid to Ukraine. It’s part of the administration’s push to convince Congress to spend more on...
by ADC | Nov 29, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Israel-Hamas, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
Congress now has until February to pass a defense spending bill for the current fiscal year. Until then, DOD’s budget is frozen at last year’s levels, which did not account for troop movements in the Middle East, as Politico reported. “Neither the base budget request...
by ADC | Nov 27, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Israel-Hamas, NDAA, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
The House and Senate return to Washington this week with a hefty list of to-do items. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) wrote in a Sunday letter to senators that they should be “prepared to stay in Washington until we finish our work.” Here are some of the...
by ADC | Nov 27, 2023 | Israel-Hamas, On Base
It is day four of the pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas, and the two sides are discussing whether to extend the pause by two more days, according to CNN updates this morning. Hamas has released 58 hostages, and Israel has released 117 Palestinian prisoners....
