Tag: Appropriations Committee

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday meets with Sailors during a ship visit aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton Sept. 26, 2019.

Navy will fall far below mandated 355 ships as China churns out war vessels

Abraham Mahshie · April 29, 2021 10:01 pm

Earmarks are back. Republicans have a dilemma

Emily Brooks · March 11, 2021 11:30 am

Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, (pictured above) announced that he would invite Stephen Willeford, a man who confronted the Sutherland Springs shooter in Texas, to watch the State of the Union address on Tuesday. The congressman's office said he will also pay for travel accommodations for Willeford and his wife. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Top Democrat aims to use funds for the wall to deter illegal immigration by other means

Anna Giaritelli · February 18, 2021 11:33 am

Beltway Confidential

‘Earmark ban’ didn’t really help Congress limit spending

Quin Hillyer · February 16, 2021 10:45 pm

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

House Democrat: ‘Pure dumb luck’ that ‘elected officials, staffers’ weren’t killed during Capitol riot

Mike Brest · January 27, 2021 2:16 pm

In this image from video, Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, speaks on the floor of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 23, 2020.

Republican Rep. Kay Granger tests positive for COVID-19

Emily Brooks · January 4, 2021 8:16 pm

House Democrats introduce stopgap measure funding government until Dec. 11

Susan Ferrechio · September 21, 2020 4:49 pm

Senate GOP eyes House bipartisan group’s coronavirus spending plan

Susan Ferrechio · September 15, 2020 8:30 pm

Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz walks across the street after she speaks during a news conference in front of the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz proposes new spending panel for equity, justice, and diversity

Nihal Krishan · July 14, 2020 12:24 am

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Briefing Room, Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in Washington, as Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, listens.

White House blocks Fauci from testifying before Congress but says testimony will come at ‘appropriate time’

Zach Halaschak · May 2, 2020 12:15 am

National Security

Ron Johnson poised to break with Senate GOP on defense ‘minibus’ spending bill

Anna Giaritelli · December 18, 2019 11:17 pm

Drive to give body cameras to Border Patrol gains steam as Republicans join effort

Anna Giaritelli · October 30, 2019 3:14 pm