Tag: Defense Spending

Mac Thornberry on budget deal: ‘If you vote ‘no,’ you are voting against fixing the military’

Travis J. Tritten · February 7, 2018 10:40 pm

A report would be due by year's end "on how we can fix this broken process once and for all on House and Senate budget appropriations," Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., said. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Congress to push for $20 billion in infrastructure spending as part funding, debt ceiling deal

Susan Ferrechio · February 7, 2018 6:46 pm

Col. Rob Manning confirmed the Pentagon has received guidance that President Trump would like the parade to showcase the U.S. military. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Pentagon taps Army to lead planning for Trump’s military parade

Jamie McIntyre · February 7, 2018 6:22 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he anticipates that Congress by Thursday will pass one last another short-term bill that will be needed to provide enough time to write and prepare the legislation to accommodate the new agreement. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senators reach bipartisan accord on long-term spending deal

Susan Ferrechio · February 7, 2018 5:48 pm

There are good arguments against the parade, but there are bad ones too. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

The two weakest complaints over Trump’s military parade plan

Tom Rogan · February 7, 2018 5:26 pm

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump watch the traditional Bastille Day military parade on the Champs Elysees, in Paris, with French President Emmanuel Macron. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

National Security

Retired officers pan Trump’s parade: ‘This is all about his ego’

David Brown · February 7, 2018 2:20 pm

Net interest on the national debt, which must be paid to keep the federal government from defaulting, is estimated to be $316 billion. (iStock)

A real government shutdown

Gary Wolfram · February 7, 2018 5:01 am

Jim Mattis says the proposal is really just a bargaining chip for negotiations with the Russians, who the U.S. says are violating a Cold War-era treaty that bans intermediate-range missiles. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

The new nuclear weapon the Pentagon doesn’t really want, except as a bargaining chip

Jamie McIntyre · February 6, 2018 5:37 pm

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, left, speaks, accompanied by Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Paul J. Selva, during a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Jim Mattis rips into lawmakers over failed budgets, backs House bill ahead of vote

Travis J. Tritten · February 6, 2018 4:42 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., has warned GOP lawmakers to be prepared for a game of "ping pong" with the Senate over a spending bill that Congress must pass this week to keep the government funded. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Get ready for a game of chicken on government funding this week

Susan Ferrechio · February 6, 2018 1:45 am

GOP lawmakers in the Senate say they plan to bring an immigration reform package to the floor next week. That is, if the government doesn't shut down this week. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senate will take up immigration reform next week

Susan Ferrechio · February 6, 2018 12:22 am

More than a year after Trump took office, 41 of the Pentagon's 57 Senate-confirmed positions have been filled. (iStock by Getty Images)

National Security

Pentagon agency can’t account for $800 million in spending: Report

Melissa Quinn · February 5, 2018 4:59 pm