by ADC | Sep 21, 2023 | Congress/DoD, On Base
The Senate confirmed Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown Jr. to become chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff when Gen. Mark Milley leaves the position Oct. 1. The Senate is expected to take votes today on Gen. Randy George’s nomination to become Army chief of staff...
by ADC | Sep 21, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is trying again to rally support among Republicans for a continuing resolution that is loaded with things the most conservative faction of his conference wants, including border security language and a call for a commission to...
by ADC | Sep 21, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
House leaders are trying once again to pass a defense spending bill and are expected to debate the procedural rule today, hoping it can pass this time. A handful of far-right Republicans brought it down earlier in the week, delaying consideration of the annual...
by ADC | Sep 20, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
If the government shuts down Oct. 1 without a spending agreement, active duty service members and a limited number of civilian defense employees would remain on the job but may do so without pay, as Stars and Stripes reported. The Pentagon has not fully detailed how...
by ADC | Sep 20, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
The House was unable to pass a procedural rule Tuesday that would have led to consideration of the defense appropriations bill. Rules are typically approved on party-line votes, but five hard-right Republicans joined Democrats to bring the rule down. “They just handed...
by ADC | Sep 20, 2023 | Congress/DoD, On Base
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) told Republican colleagues he will try to force a one-off vote on the Senate floor to confirm Gen. Eric Smith as commandant of the Marine Corps, The Hill reported. The move would be a way to get around Tuberville’s own hold on hundreds...
by ADC | Sep 19, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
There are 11 days left in the fiscal year and no guarantee that Congress will find a way to fund the government beyond that, with more and more in Washington seeming resigned to the fact the government may shut down, at least temporarily. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna...
by ADC | Sep 19, 2023 | Congress/DoD, NDAA, On Base
The House will consider a procedural motion this week to allow negotiators to start working on a compromise version of the National Defense Authorization Act, according to CQ, which cited Politico. The Senate would then follow suit, the report said. Negotiations won’t...
by ADC | Sep 19, 2023 | In Our Communities, On Base
“More than 4,600 military family members and civilians have filed legal claims against the U.S. over illnesses they say were caused by consuming and bathing in water tainted with jet fuel at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii,” Military.com reported. The...
by ADC | Sep 18, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base
House Republicans are trying to build support among themselves for a stopgap spending bill that would fund the government through October, as NBC News and others reported. The draft measure released Sunday night also includes conservative policy riders such as border...
