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Congress

Inhofe Bill Would Provide $25 Billion For Trump’s Border Wall

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, November 1st, 2018

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Inhofe Bill Would Provide $25 Billion For Trump’s Border Wall

Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.)

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) on Thursday introduced legislation that would fully fund the $25 billion President Trump is seeking to erect new and replacement wall and barrier structures along the U.S. southern border with Mexico.To offset the $25 billion in proposed funding, Inhofe’s WALL Act would increase minimum fines levied on illegal border crossers, require work-eligible Social Security Numbers to claim refundable tax credits and require welfare recipients to verify citizenship.“As a former builder and developer in south Texas, I…

Senators Push Navy Against Single Destroyer Request In FY ’27

The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and the two senators from Maine last week pushed back on Navy officials for only requesting one Arleigh Burke-class destroyer (DDG-51) […]

Navy Looks To Eventually Assemble Battleship At HII Newport News; Faces More Dem Opposition

The Navy told lawmakers this week it found a dry dock at HII’s [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding shipyard it thinks can use for final assembly of the new Trump-class battleship […]

Navy Leaders Downplay Looking At Foreign Navy Shipbuilding Amid Lawmaker Objections

The Navy’s top leaders this week seemed to downplay and back down on the service potentially using foreign shipyards to build U.S. Navy ships or buying foreign designed warships overseas […]

Army

Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]