by ADC | Jan 15, 2020 | Congress/DoD, DC360
The Pentagon has completed its planning for the fiscal year 2021 budget request that will be sent to Capitol Hill next month, and while it includes some difficult choices, “harder choices are coming again” in future years, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Wednesday....
by ADC | Jan 15, 2020 | Congress/DoD, DC360
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other top Senate Democrats said they intend to force another floor vote to reverse President Donald Trump’s border-related national emergency declaration and stop the diversion of more DOD funding to pay for a border...
by ADC | Jan 9, 2020 | Congress/DoD, DC360
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) wants to bring the National Defense Authorization Act to the floor in May and dedicate June to passing as many fiscal year 2021 appropriations bills as possible, he told reporters this week, according to CQ. House budget...
by ADC | Jan 7, 2020 | Congress/DoD, DC360
Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Angus King (I-Maine) are protesting reports that the Navy is considering scaling back its shipbuilding plans. “We write to express our strong support for a 355-ship Navy and to urge continued support from the department for a...
by ADC | Jan 6, 2020 | Congress/DoD, DC360
President Donald Trump will send his full budget request for fiscal year 2021 to Congress Feb. 10, the White House announced Monday. The budget request will not be an abbreviated version like the Administration has submitted to Capitol Hill the past two years, CQ...
