by ADC | Jan 26, 2024 | Congress/DoD, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
DOD’s Office of Intergovernmental Affairs will host a webinar next week to “educate city and state partners about the role local communities and domestic industries play in Ukraine’s industrial base impacts and direct industrial investments,” according to an...
by ADC | Jan 25, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Israel-Hamas, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
President Biden’s supplemental spending request aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan continues to be stall over how to address the U.S.-Mexico border migration crisis. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) acknowledged Wednesday in a closed-door Senate...
by ADC | Jan 25, 2024 | Congress/DoD, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
NATO signed a $1.2 billion contract this week to replenish the inventory of member countries who have sent artillery rounds to Ukraine, AP reported: The contract will allow for the purchase of 220,000 rounds of 155-millimeter ammunition, the most widely sought after...
by ADC | Jan 23, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin today reiterated the United States’ support for Ukraine when he chaired a meeting of the U.S.-led Ukraine Defense Contact Group. “We’re all here to reaffirm our support for a free, secure and sovereign Ukraine and to ensure that we...
by ADC | Jan 22, 2024 | Congress/DoD, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
DOD’s Office of Intergovernmental Affairs will host a webinar next week to “educate city and state partners about the role local communities and domestic industries play in Ukraine’s industrial base impacts and direct industrial investments,” according to an...
by ADC | Jan 19, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Israel-Hamas, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
Lawmakers have given themselves about six more weeks to fund the government for the current fiscal year, which will be almost half over when that deadline arrives. None of the 12 appropriations bills has gotten through the full process. Here’s a timeline of what we’re...
by ADC | Jan 17, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Israel-Hamas, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
Lawmakers are deep into spending talks this week as a partial shutdown looms and the administration is anxious to send more aid to U.S. allies. Stopgap Spending By a 68-13 vote, the Senate Tuesday advanced a stopgap bill to keep spending at its current levels to avoid...
by ADC | Dec 22, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Israel-Hamas, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
The White House has said it will be out of funding to support Ukraine by the end of the year, but Congress won’t renew its talks until next month. Congress adjourned until Jan. 8 without acting on the Biden administration’s supplemental spending request to provide aid...
by ADC | Dec 20, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Israel-Hamas, On Base, Russia-Ukraine
With the Senate’s adjournment yesterday, Congress is on break until Jan. 8. Senators were unable to reach an agreement this week on the border security provisions to include in a supplemental spending request that would also provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan....