Congress · 117th Congress
Congress blocks cuts to top contractors’ weapon budgets
Congress recently blocked the Pentagon from moving more than $1 billion that defense officials had wanted to use instead on programs they consider higher priorities.
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Campaigns · 117th Congress
Biden pitch meets resistance in Michigan GOP stronghold
just under 4 points in each of her two races; by contrast, Trump narrowly won the district, which stretches from the state capitol of Lansing east through Howell to northern Oakland County, by less than 1
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats split over military aid to Israel
The $1 billion for Israel’s Iron Dome rocket-defense shield was in an initial version of the resolution but, after progressives said they’d oppose the measure if it was included, was deleted from
Congress · 117th Congress
A top general calls for restraining the defense budget
The second is Congress’s now habitual failure to pass spending bills by the Oct. 1 start of each fiscal year.
Congress · 117th Congress
House committee demands answers on Afghanistan
The committee report accompanying the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act states that the Defense Department’s Automated Biometric Identification System contains about 1 million entries
Policy · 117th Congress
Air Force takes hard look at racial disparities
Additionally, 1 in 3 women in the service experienced sexual harassment during their Air Force careers, either as victim or observer.
Congress · 117th Congress
Capitol Police prepare for Sept. 18 rally, lawmakers invited
After January 6, we made Department-wide changes to the way we gather and share intelligence internally and externally,” Manger said in a Sept. 1 statement.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: September storms
Up first is Colorado, where nonpartisan commissioners have until Oct. 1 to send their final maps to the state Supreme Court.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
As population grows, so does debate on how to reach Latino voters in ’22 midterms
Valenzela’s narrow loss, by just 1 point, to Republican Beth Van Duyne last fall — at the same time the district’s voters backed Joe Biden over President Donald Trump by 5 points — was one of many
White House · 117th Congress
Tens of thousands of Afghans at risk as US slowly considers visas
Last month, lawmakers authorized an additional 8,000 visa slots in a law to improve Capitol security, as well as more than $1 billion to fund the evacuation.
Congress · 117th Congress
Plenty of budget room seen to accommodate House, Senate earmarks
House earmarks totaled $3.7 billion, or about 0.25 percent of the 1 percent cap Democratic leaders placed on “congressionally directed spending” for the upcoming fiscal year.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: Racing to recess
“We were outspent 4-to-1 and being a part of that was special. Being there from the get-go would’ve made it that much sweeter.”
Congress · 117th Congress
Earmarks in House bills favor Democrats, but GOP not shy either
funds equal less than 0.25 percent of the more than $1.5 trillion in discretionary spending for federal agencies next year, coming in well shy of House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro’s mandated cap of 1
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: 1 BIF does not equal BFFs
But the $1 trillion compromise — dubbed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework, or BIF — is probably more of an outlier than a sign of things to come, even as the White House dispatched a memo today titled
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate bill leaves military sexual assault debate unsettled
House Armed Services subcommittees plan to mark up their portions of the NDAA this week, though the full committee does not plan to finish its work until Sept. 1. Rep.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate committee proposes big Pentagon funding boost
It does not appear the panel added money for procurement of unrequested F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, after House appropriators proposed adding nearly $1 billion worth in their spending bill.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: DC, where TX Dems summer
In other Senate battlegrounds: Democrat Alex Lasry, whose father co-owns the Milwaukee Bucks, raised $1 million and had the same amount on hand for his campaign to take on Wisconsin GOP Sen.
Congress · 117th Congress
Lawmakers pan Biden’s first Space Force budget
For Space Force procurement, the committee recommends $2.74 billion, $25.1 million (or less than 1 percent) less than the Pentagon requested.
Congress · 117th Congress
GOP unity on spending bills holding, despite earmarks galore
Diaz-Balart requested $12 million in earmarks and so far gotten two — $1 million for a drinking water project in Miami-Dade County and $750,000 for a sewer project in the same area.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: Hot mule sweat summer
It’s ridiculous in a country where we are spending more on health care than every other country, but it’s still the No. 1 cause of individual bankruptcy.”