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....
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...