by ADC | Mar 17, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
Lawmakers are still trying to work out a compromise to raise spending caps that could hamper the appropriations process but have a back-up plan, CQ reported. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) confirmed that appropriators may base the...
by ADC | Mar 14, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
The Pentagon comptroller has launched a website with all the materials it has released about the fiscal 2020 budget request. House Armed Services Committee Republicans released a policy paper supporting the growth in the budget. The committee’s chairman continued to...
by ADC | Mar 12, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
Administration officials are testifying on Capitol Hill this week and next about the administration’s budget request, which includes $750 billion for national security spending – about $718 billion of that allocated for the Department of Defense. “To be clear, this is...
by ADC | Mar 12, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
Here are some of the figures inside the President’s budget: $750 billion in overall defense and security funding ($718 billion of which goes to DOD) $165 billion in OCO funds, a big boost to help skirt budget caps $8.6 billion for a southern border wall ($3.6 billion...
by ADC | Mar 12, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
More details of the President’s budget request will start to emerge in coming days as Pentagon leaders testify on the President’s budget request. Here are upcoming hearings to follow, some of which will stream online: Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson and Chief of...
