by ADC | Dec 1, 2021 | Congress/DoD, NDAA
Senators and their staff are working to reach a deal to bring the National Defense Authorization Act to the floor for debate and passage amid a showdown over the number of amendments that can be offered, as On Base reported. Congress is also juggling several other...
by ADC | Nov 30, 2021 | Congress/DoD, NDAA, On Base
Senate Republicans blocked procedural advancement of the National Defense Authorization Act Monday night, continuing a pre-Thanksgiving stalemate that raises questions about whether Congress can pass the bill before the end of the year, as it has done for 60 years. A...
by ADC | Nov 29, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, NDAA, On Base
Senators return to D.C. today and will continue floor consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act, starting with a procedural vote called by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to end cloture. If that passes, they will proceed to amendments. The number...
by ADC | Nov 22, 2021 | Congress/DoD, NDAA, On Base
The Senate began debate last week on the fiscal year 2022 defense authorization act but postponed further action until it returns next week from the Thanksgiving break. The delay is because of a partisan disagreement over how many – and which – amendments to consider...
by ADC | Oct 27, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, NDAA, On Base
There may be provisions in a final defense appropriations bill to help ease food insecurity among military families. “Studies have found that one in eight military families were food insecure prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and this number has now grown to one in...
by ADC | Oct 22, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, NDAA, On Base
The top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee said this week that the committee will look at ways to “significantly” increase service member pay in the fiscal year 2023 defense policy bill. “We want to maintain a professional military, and we need to...
by ADC | Oct 20, 2021 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, NDAA, On Base
The senior Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee has called for the Defense Department to drop its requirement that service members get vaccinated. “This haphazardly implemented and politically motivated vaccine mandate must be immediately suspended or...
by ADC | Sep 28, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, NDAA, On Base
The House version of the National Defense Authorization Act would make it easier for military spouses to transfer their processional licenses from state to state after moving to a new duty station. The NDAA language “would not only make it easier for military spouses...
by ADC | Sep 24, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, NDAA, On Base
The House passed its version of the fiscal year 2022 defense authorization bill Thursday night on a 316-113 vote. The House voted down two attempts by progressive Democrats to limit defense spending. One would have reverted the bill’s authorized amount to the...
