by ADC | Apr 18, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Israel-Hamas, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) Thursday rolled out a package of national security bills. One would provide funding to Ukraine, another to Israel and another to Indo-Pacific allies. A fourth bill includes other national security items, such as a potential TikTok...
by ADC | Apr 15, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Israel-Hamas, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
Iran’s attack on Israel early Sunday has added new urgency to a long-delayed House vote to provide aid to allies, including Israel and Ukraine. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Sunday he plans to hold a vote on security assistance this week, as AP reported....
by ADC | Apr 12, 2024 | Congress/DoD, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is negotiating with the White House on a package that would include additional aid to Ukraine along with Republican policy provisions to make it palatable to Johnson’s Republican colleagues, AP reported. Johnson is traveling to...
by ADC | Apr 10, 2024 | Congress/DoD, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) “has a very stark choice in front of him — pass a Ukraine aid bill or remain speaker,” Punchbowl News reported this morning. As On Base reported yesterday, Johnson is floating a plan that would provide aid to Ukraine, along with...
by ADC | Apr 9, 2024 | Congress/DoD, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is unlikely to release his plan for Ukraine aid this week, Punchbowl News reported this morning. Johnson’s plan is expected to include provisions that would fund the support with seized Russan assets and pausing the Biden...
by ADC | Apr 1, 2024 | Congress/DoD, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
A top House backer of providing more aid to Ukraine said Sunday he is “confident” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will allow the House to vote on the issue when it returns to D.C. next week, as The Hill reported. “I believe there will be a vote when we get back...
by ADC | Mar 25, 2024 | Congress/DoD, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said Sunday he thinks Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will bring a Ukraine aid bill to the floor when the House returns in two weeks. “I believe he’s committed, because he understands national security,”...
by ADC | Mar 15, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Russia-Ukraine
Joint Chiefs Chair Air Force Gen. C.Q. Brown and a group of lawmakers toured a Lockheed Martin plant in Arkansas and McAlester Army Ammunition Plant in Oklahoma Thursday. The “trip was part of the Pentagon’s full-court press to get the House to move forward on a $95...
by ADC | Mar 13, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
The White House announced Tuesday it’s sending $300 million in military aid to Ukraine. “When Russian troops advance and its guns fire, Ukraine does not have enough ammunition to fire back,” National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters. “That’s costing...