Tag: Defense Spending

In a press release, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., did not name names, nor did he refer to President Trump, whom Democrats blame for balking on an immigration deal, but conceded "all of us" are to blame. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

John McCain on government shutdown: ‘All of us share responsibility’

Daniel Chaitin · January 20, 2018 2:38 pm

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said the National Defense Strategy's aim of rebuilding the military and refocusing on competition from other advanced nations such as Russia and China will require the new funding.

National Security

John McCain: New US defense strategy ‘meaningless’ without a budget

Travis J. Tritten · January 19, 2018 8:47 pm

Deputy Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan sent out a memo with the guidance as Congress faces a looming midnight deadline when current government funding expires. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

National Security

Defense Department issues shutdown guidance: War fighting continues, paychecks delayed

Travis J. Tritten · January 19, 2018 3:56 pm

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., slammed his colleagues Thursday for not passing a bipartisan budget bill nearly one-third of the way through the current fiscal year.

John McCain blasts Congress: Troops ‘will pay the price’ regardless of CR or shutdown

Diana Stancy Correll · January 19, 2018 2:08 am

Less than an hour after the House passed a temporary stopgap spending bill, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said Senate Democrats are the "only thing standing in the way" of government funding and other resources and programs. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Paul Ryan: Senate Democrats are ‘the only thing standing in the way’ of averting government shutdown

Diana Stancy Correll · January 19, 2018 1:30 am

House Republicans passed the temporary spending bill after an internal fight over military spending and immigration reform that they resolved about an hour before the vote. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House passes monthlong spending bill, sends shutdown drama to the Senate

Susan Ferrechio · January 19, 2018 12:37 am

Two bills in the House of Representatives aim to blunt disruption for the Defense Department and personnel stationed around the world if Congress cannot work out a budget agreement by Friday at midnight. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House tees up bills to pay troops, civilians in case of shutdown

Travis J. Tritten · January 19, 2018 12:36 am

President Trump's nominee to oversee Navy facilities, Phyllis Bayer, told senators Thursday that measurements at Navy facilities in Norfolk, Va. - the largest in the world - have shown a sea level rise of 8-10 inches over the past century. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Trump Navy nominee says sea rise from climate change will be a top priority

Travis J. Tritten · January 18, 2018 10:37 pm

When Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., forced a vote recently on obeying the "pay as you go" rule, that would require Congress to offset costs of making large tax cuts by reducing entitlement spending, no Democrats and only seven Republicans joined him. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

Sen. Rand Paul: The debt and the decline of empire

Sen. Rand Paul · January 18, 2018 5:00 pm

In the event Congress does not pass a temporary spending measure by midnight Friday, many non-essential government employees would be furloughed, and some government agencies and services would stop. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Trump: Shutdown would be the ‘worst thing’ for the military

Jamie McIntyre · January 18, 2018 4:31 pm

Declines in spending in recent years have left the military too small, over-worked, and saddled with aging aircraft that cannot fly, House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Paul Ryan: ‘We have simply pushed our military past the breaking point’

Travis J. Tritten · January 18, 2018 1:45 pm

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, said enough members of the caucus opposed a short-term spending bill as written Wednesday to prevent Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., from passing it on a party-line vote. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

White House scrambles to avoid government shutdown as immigration talks stall

Sarah Bedford · January 18, 2018 5:01 am