Budget
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CongressPath to 60 Senate Votes for Two-Year Spending Deal Unclear
Senate leadership is eager to bring the House-passed Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 to the floor this week before members leave for recess Aug. 2. But with multiple GOP members […]
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BudgetTrump’s Space Force Proposal May Shrink In Congress Negotiations
As the House and Senate prepare to enter conference talks on the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), one major area negotiators will debate is the creation of […]
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BudgetHouse Passes Two-Year Budget Deal, Senate to Vote Next Week
The House on July 25 passed a two-year spending bill that would remove the threat of sequestration through fiscal year 2021, with the Senate expected to vote on the bill […]
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PentagonNew Pentagon Secretary Approves Of Proposed Budget Deal’s $738 Billion FY ’20 Defense Topline
Newly appointed Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters Wednesday he is pleased with the $738 billion fiscal year 2020 Pentagon topline included as part of a proposed two-year budget deal. […]
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CongressHASC GOP Leader Urging Colleagues to Support Two-Year Budget Deal Despite Lower Defense Topline
The top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) is pushing his GOP colleagues to support a new two-year budget deal secured this week by the Trump administration and […]
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Budget
Proposed Two-Year Budget Deal Banishes Sequester Threat, But Investments Could Suffer in 2021
As lawmakers on Capitol Hill largely laud a proposed agreement between the White House and House Democratic leaders that would eliminate the threat of sequestration and lift the debt ceiling […]
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BudgetDoE Faces Fight to Hit Requested 2020 Nuclear Weapons Budget, Even After Caps Deal
The just-announced budget caps deal provides $2.5 billion more in base defense spending than the 2020 budget the House has already approved, and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) would […]
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Congress
House Passes $733 Billion Fiscal Year 2020 NDAA Largely Along Party Lines
The House passed the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) July 12 along mostly party lines, authorizing a $733 billion budget topline that tees up debates between the […]
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Air ForceWhite House ‘Strongly Objects’ to HASC NDAA Funding Cuts for F-15EX, Next-Gen Air Dominance
The White House critiqued the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) mark of the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act to be debated on the House floor this week, in […]
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Air Force
HASC Member’s Amendment Adds $200 Million to FY ’20 NDAA for RC-135 Equipment Replacement
A House Armed Services Committee (HASC) member-introduced amendment would divert $200 million to replace storm-damaged aircraft ground and training equipment from other Defense Department funding streams in the fiscal year […]