Hegseth soldiers on with meeting GOP senators
Austin III was approved 93-2, while James Mattis, Trump’s first DOD secretary, was confirmed 98-1. The Senate confirmed Mark Esper, who Trump later nominated to helm the department, on a 90-8 vote.Â
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Bars in DC brace for election night
NW"$3 Tecate + $7 Margaritas + 1/2 price Chicken Tendies." Teddy & the Bully Bar1200 19th St.
Tuberville blocks an Army nominee over Austin hospitalization
He was readmitted to the hospital on Jan. 1 for complications stemming from the earlier procedure.During his January hospital stay, Austin spent time in the intensive care unit, and some of his duties
Few GOP challengers in solidly blue Massachusetts
He raised $1.8 million, including a $1 million personal loan, and had $828,000 on hand as of Aug. 14. Cain had $22,000 on hand and Antonellis had $11,000 and loaned his campaign $25,000.
Democrats refer ‘big oil’ investigation to Justice Department
The pair said they agreed with the May 1 testimony of Sharon Eubanks, former director of the Justice Department’s tobacco litigation team, that there is adequate foundation for building a case against
Pressure mounting on Austin as GOP senators launch inquiry
Austin has been hospitalized since Jan. 1 due to complications from surgery to treat prostate cancer, his doctors disclosed Tuesday.
Campaigns · 118th Congress
At the Races: Garden State of chaos
the dollars: Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced he was giving the NRCC $2.5 million at Thursday’s conference meeting, a source familiar said, while House Majority Leader Steve Scalise announced another $1
Balanced-budget plan unveiled by House Republicans
Spending would then be allowed to grow by only 1 percent a year, which amounts to additional cuts after accounting for population growth and inflation.
Arrington sets House budget resolution markup next week
But the timing is unclear with the focus on averting a partial government shutdown before the Oct. 1 appropriations deadline.
Campaigns · 118th Congress
At the Races: Who will impeachment hurt most?
Gluesenkamp Pérez had more than $1 million in her campaign account at the end of the second quarter of 2023, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission.
Lawmakers pressed to improve solutions for military hunger
Nearly 1 in 4 active-duty servicemembers — or about 286,800 people, not counting their family members — suffer food insecurity, according to the most recent Pentagon survey of the force.
Washington’s defense spending habit is a cluster bomb of strategic risk
His decision shows that since Washington Republicans and Democrats have decided a peacetime U.S. military needs a military budget on a path toward $1 trillion a year, U.S. allies are going to expect Washington
Special elections in Utah, Rhode Island draw a glut of candidates
Though Cicilline announced in February he would be leaving to run a state foundation, state law said the governor could not order the special election until he actually left office on June 1.Â
Senators eye Ukraine aid bills as avenue to increase DOD budget
In fiscal 2025, the cap would be $895 billion, a 1 percent increase from fiscal 2024.
Cicilline signing off after years of fighting for progressive causes
The seven-term Democrat from Rhode Island’s 1st District announced a little more than three months ago that he’d be leaving Congress effective June 1 to become president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation
Utah Rep. Chris Stewart planning to resign, report says
David Cicilline, a Democrat from Rhode Island, previously announced plans to resign and is leaving June 1 to take a new job as president and CEO of a Providence-based foundation.
McCarthy says debt limit deal with Biden possible
Yellen says agency officials have determined that they can’t guarantee all federal payments can be made on time beyond June 1 without a debt limit increase or suspension.
Senate, for now, defers to Biden and McCarthy on debt talks
Yellen said Monday that the government may be unable to pay its bills on time as soon as June 1 — several senators said that leaves enough time to find agreement and brushed off any need for a short-term
Congress will miss its budget deadline. That’s not unusual.
Noting that the average time needed beyond the April 15 deadline to adopt a budget was 36 days, the panel also opted for a modest two-week postponement of the deadline, to May 1.
Chicken-or-egg game is on as Congress barrels toward debt limit
He said the House budget was likely to hold discretionary spending to a 1 percent annual increase over 10 years, which he said would produce about $2.7 trillion in deficit reduction.