After disappointing election, McCarthy’s reign was rocky from the start
Oct. 1: Gaetz makes the rounds on Sunday morning television shows to announce he would be moving to vacate the chair after McCarthy moved the relatively clean CR.
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Congress made $80 billion-plus in changes to defense budget
The comptroller’s report describes congressional additions to the president’s request for shipbuilding that included about $1 billion to cover excess costs for ships approved in prior appropriations laws
Analysis: Fight over Ukraine in CR was undercard
Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a strong advocate for continued U.S. aid to Ukraine, told CBS’s "Face the Nation" on Oct. 1 that he foresees a $60 billion to $70 billion Ukraine aid package coming up for a vote
Bipartisan stopgap funds bill unveiled in Senate
natural disaster victims.If it passes both chambers and President Joe Biden signs it by Saturday, the country would be spared a partial government shutdown that would begin with the new fiscal year on Oct. 1.
Military pay, typically exempted during shutdowns, is at risk
After the last shutdown, estimates were upward of 1 million contractors, many of them lower-paid employees, never got paid for over one month of lost work.
What Republicans from districts Biden won say about budget standoff
"We are one half of 1/3 of this government and we have to work together," she said.
House conservatives torpedo rule on Defense spending bill
That includes measures to limit security assistance to Ukraine, cut various Pentagon officials’ salaries to $1 a year, and more.
Partisan House GOP stopgap funds bill on halting comeback trail
Lawler, who won by less than 1 percent last year in a district Biden won by 10 points, said he couldn’t support spending bills at the $1.47 trillion topline.
Cisneros eyes open California seat for return to Congress
Corrected 1:54 p.m. | Democrat Gil Cisneros, a Navy veteran from California who served a single term in the House before losing reelection in 2020, is aiming for a political comeback.
House stopgap bill falters with no Senate backup plan in sight
All of which lays the groundwork for at least a brief shutdown starting Oct. 1, though it’s not clear what the exit strategy would be or what would possibly convince McCarthy’s detractors to shelve their
Spending turmoil rocks House GOP with deadline weeks away
​House Republicans are discussing a three- to four-week stopgap funding measure to avert a partial government shutdown starting Oct. 1 that would push decisions on military and economic aid for Ukraine
Fall session is all about spending, NDAA fights — and McCarthy’s ‘Hobson’s choices’
Key programs would continue receiving federal resources after Oct. 1, but a crunch could hit around Jan. 1.
White House releases $40.1B supplemental funding request
But included within the State Department piece is $1 billion in backing for the foreign military financing program, which helps allies purchase U.S. defense equipment.
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.
Big shoes filled as Senate appropriators spread earmarks wealth
Republican on the Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, secured $465 million for her remote home state, a slight decrease from last year’s Senate bills but still enough to put her at No. 1.
NDAA narrowly passes House after controversial amendment votes
Despite the House Armed Services Committee’s 58-1 vote to advance the bill last month, Democrats said with near unanimity that they could not support the bill in its amended form.
HASC hold on DOD reprogramming draws ire of Colorado Dems
The memo warns that as of July 1, the Air Force was forced to pause fourth quarter enlistment bonuses and the enlisted college loan repayment program — initiatives implemented this year to attract talent
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
Automatic spending cuts would threaten infrastructure funding
The Massie provision seeks to light a fire under lawmakers by putting a Jan. 1 deadline on the process.
NDAA takes aim at critical mineral supply chain
The fiscal 2023 defense policy bill boosted the National Defense Stockpile by $1 billion specifically to acquire critical minerals.