by ADC | Feb 28, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
Republicans in the Senate are sending warnings to President Trump that they will push back on his national emergency declaration to build a border wall if he doesn’t withdraw it. As of Thursday evening, three Republican senators had said they would support the...
by ADC | Feb 28, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
Talks are starting on Capitol Hill to address statutory spending caps in place for fiscal years 2020 and 2021, CQ reported. Without an agreement between Congress and the administration, defense spending would be cut by 10 percent over the current fiscal year, and...
by ADC | Feb 28, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
The Trump administration’s fiscal year 2020 budget request will ask Congress to re-fund any military construction projects delayed because of the President’s emergency declaration to build a border wall, DOD leaders told lawmakers Wednesday. Robert McMahon, assistant...
by ADC | Feb 28, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
The President’s budget is expected on Capitol Hill in just under two weeks. Here are some of the latest details emerging about what to look for in the defense spending request: The Army is moving $31 billion to modernization and readiness by cutting from at least 186...
by ADC | Feb 27, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
The U.S. House voted Tuesday to block President Trump from moving $3.6 billion from military construction to build a southern border wall. Thirteen Republicans joined all voting Democrats to pass the disapproval resolution 245-182, short of what would be needed to...
