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 20, 2023 | Congress/DoD, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky this morning in an unannounced visit to Kyiv. “I was honored to meet with President @ZelenskyyUa in Kyiv today to reaffirm the United States’ steadfast support for Ukraine,” Austin wrote in...
by ADC | Nov 3, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Israel-Hamas, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
The House passed a bill Thursday to provide $14.3 billion in funding for Israel support. The vote was 226 to 196, mostly along party lines, as Military Times reported. Democratic opposition was driven primarily by the bill’s provision to cut the same amount from the...
by ADC | Oct 31, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Israel-Hamas, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
House Republicans’ first major bill introduced under Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) would provide $14.3 billion in aid to Israel and take an equal amount of money away from the IRS. The bill is expected to be considered in the House Rules Committee tomorrow to be teed...
by ADC | Oct 27, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Israel-Hamas, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has in the past vote against additional funding to Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion. Now, as speaker, he is open to it but wants to approach it differently than the White House and Senate are planning. Johnson told Sean...
by ADC | Oct 26, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Israel-Hamas, Military Families, NDAA, On Base, Russia-Ukraine, Veterans
Many in Washington and across the country are learning about House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). Here’s what we know about his work on defense issues, according to Military.com and other media reports. Johnson is a member of the Armed Services Committee and the...
by ADC | Oct 25, 2023 | In Our Communities, Military Families, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
Joint Base Lewis-McChord hosted a Special Needs Summit last week that brought together child care specialists from installations around the world, according to an Army story. “Providing adequate child care to our service members is foundational,” JBLM Deputy Commander...
by ADC | Oct 24, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Israel-Hamas, NDAA, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
As House Republicans try again to rally around a speaker-designate, the Senate comes back into session today. Here are some of the items on the Capitol to-do list: Emergency spending for Israel, Ukraine and border security. There’s bipartisan support for this measure,...
by ADC | Oct 20, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Israel-Hamas, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
The White House this morning formally requested that Congress provide more than $105 billion in emergency funding for national security, as NBC News reported. The request comes hours after President Biden’s national address to make the case for supporting Israel and...
