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Defense Budget Talks to Resume En Masse Upon Lawmakers’ Return to Capitol Hill

By Vivienne Machi

Friday, September 6th, 2019

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Defense Budget Talks to Resume En Masse Upon Lawmakers’ Return to Capitol Hill

Low angled view of the U.S. Capitol East Facade Front in Washington, DC.

Congress is scheduled to return from its annual August recess Sept. 9 and will waste no time diving into negotiations to flesh out the fiscal year 2020 defense authorization and appropriations bills. The Senate Appropriations Committee announced Sept. 6 it has scheduled its long-awaited subcommittee markup session for the FY ’20 defense appropriations bill on Sept. 10, with a full committee session set for Sept. 12 to consider four spending bills, to include defense. The House Appropriations Committee passed its…

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