Congress · 117th Congress
‘I’m not going to meet with MBS’: Biden serves a rare presidential double fault in Saudi Arabia
That’s broken pledge No. 1. “Pariah.” That’s what candidate Biden vowed to treat the Saudi Arabian government as.
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Congress · 117th Congress
Senate NDAA has $13 billion extra for defense inflation
Defense inflation goes by a different measure, and it is not known what prices will be like for the Pentagon from Oct. 1, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2023, the time period covered by the legislation.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
New FEC filings show no sign of donors abandoning Democrats
Corrected 1:05 p.m. | The president’s party usually loses seats in midterm elections, and those losses can be significant when the president is unpopular and the economy is in turmoil.
Congress · 117th Congress
Pentagon: Hill added $58 billion to current defense budget
These include, for example, money to help Ukraine fight Russia and just over $1 billion for the Red Hill fuel storage facility in Hawaii, much of which was allotted to deal with fuel leaks into local
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Key results from Georgia, Virginia and Alabama elections
Wardynski raised more than $700,000 and had a little more than $170,000 on hand as of June 1.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate Armed Services panel goes big with new defense budget
Last year’s vote was 25-1, with Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., the sole opponent.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Party leaders pick favorites in Nevada primary, but will long shots come in?
In the redrawn 3rd District, Las Vegas lawyer April Becker has raised more than $1 million in her effort to take on Lee and has key endorsements, including from McCarthy.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Seven questions about Tuesday’s primaries in seven states
Here are some key questions that will be answered: 1. Who fills Nunes’ seat?
Campaigns · 117th Congress
House update: 9 races move toward GOP, only 1 the other way
House Democrats' chances are worse in nine districts, better in just one, elections analyst Nathan L. Gonzales writes.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
GOP member-vs.-member fight tops Tuesday primaries
He pulled in $1 million and had $200,000 on hand. Alisha Shelton, a mental health therapist, raised $320,000 and had $28,000 on hand.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Early primaries show Trump’s sway holding in congressional races
Outside groups spent a combined $1 million on the race. Most of that was aimed at Republican state Sen. Theresa Gavarone, who finished third with 29 percent of the vote.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
What to watch in Tuesday’s primaries in Ohio and Indiana
Outside spending is also strongly running in Brown’s favor, with more than $1 million alone spent to support her by Protect Our Future PAC, a group funded in part by a cryptocurrency billionaire.
Congress · 117th Congress
Conflicting incentives for quick election-year spending deal
And among nondefense agencies, Homeland Security would receive just a 1 percent boost, while a handful of other departments would get close to, or above, increases of 20 percent.
Congress · 117th Congress
New requests bring military’s ‘unfunded priorities’ above $21 billion
Pentagon brass have asked Congress for nearly $1 billion for anti-missile and cybersecurity programs that are not part of President Joe Biden’s budget request, bringing to more than $21 billion the so-called
Congress · 117th Congress
In the game of earmarks, Shelby has no peers
That figure represents about 0.6 percent of the total package, coming in below a cap of 1 percent of appropriated funds Democratic leaders established last year.
Politics · 117th Congress
‘Harsh’ exchanges: Dismissive Biden press strategy undermines lofty campaign vows
U.S. government" https://t.co/IuY6t2DQNQ— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) February 3, 2022 The underlying message from the Biden administration during both exchanges was a mixed — and troubling — one: 1)
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Under new Nevada map, a GOP wave could swamp all three Democrats
Democrats currently have a 3-to-1 advantage in the House delegation but came within 5 points of losing two of those seats in 2020.
Congress · 117th Congress
House passes compromise defense policy bill
It also would prohibit reductions to the operational capability of any B-1 bomber aircraft squadrons until the Air Force starts fielding the stealth B-21 bomber.
Congress · 117th Congress
Coin check: Military tradition finds quarter on Capitol Hill
“It costs a little bit of money to design and print them and I’m in an R+1 district, so it didn’t feel like the right focus.” Coins aren’t cheap.
Congress · 117th Congress
Defense policy amendments pour in ahead of floor action
James Lankford, R-Okla., submitted an amendment that would block the Pentagon from enforcing its mandate for servicemembers until any exemption requests filed before Dec. 1, 2022, are resolved.