by ADC | Mar 10, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
When President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget request hits Capitol Hill Monday, it will include a boost in defense spending and across-the-board cuts of about 5 percent to domestic spending, according to National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow. “It’ll be a...
by ADC | Mar 10, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
The defense budget request will include a $9 billion emergency fund, Defense News reported, citing sources familiar with the budget. At least $2 billion of that would be used for rebuilding and repairing infrastructure hit by storms, said its sources, who added that...
by ADC | Mar 7, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
The Pentagon is looking for ways to keep military construction projects on track and fund a southern border wall as dictated by the President’s national emergency declaration. A Top Senate Democrat said Thursday that some of the money will come from the Army’s excess...
by ADC | Mar 6, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
It seems likely the Senate next week will follow the House in passing a joint resolution to nullify the national emergency designation President Trump declared to get funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall. “The question really for us to consider in this body is not...
by ADC | Mar 6, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
Here are some new details in the budget and defense budget appropriations process, which kicks off next week when the administration sends its budget request to Capitol Hill: The budget will include the biggest ever request for R&D, according to Bloomberg News,...
