Search

Congress Passes $2.3 Trillion Spending Deal, Lawmakers Plan For Potential NDAA Veto Override Vote

Congress Passes $2.3 Trillion Spending Deal, Lawmakers Plan For Potential NDAA Veto Override Vote
Low angled view of the U.S. Capitol East Facade Front in Washington, DC.

Congress on Monday evening passed a massive $2.3 trillion spending deal, which includes $696 billion fiscal year 2021 defense spending and a new pandemic relief bill, as lawmakers also prepare for a vote to override the president’s potential veto of the next defense policy bill. Both the House and Senate approved the measure with bipartisan support, voting 359 to 53 and 92 to 6, respectively, and the president is expected to sign the bill in the coming days. The spending…

Subscriber-only content. Please log in below.

Not a subscriber or registered user yet?

Please contact us at clientservices@accessintel.com or call us at 888-707-5814 (Monday – Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and Friday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET.), to start a free trial, get pricing information, order a reprint, or post an article link on your website.



Congress Updates

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]


Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]


CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]


Fischer Says Golden Dome Boosters Need To Increase Capitol Hill Support With Information, Warns Against Counting On Reconciliation

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – A Senate Armed Services panel chair today said boosters of the Golden Dome program still have work to do to increase support on Capitol Hill while […]