This week in Congress: Shutdown threat looms again
Once again, Congress is looking at the possibility of triggering a partial government shutdown if lawmakers can’t reach an agreement on a stopgap budget measure…
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Vets groups worry military sexual assault reforms will be dropped from Congress’ defense bill plans
Veterans groups are urging lawmakers not to drop provisions in the annual defense authorization bill to overhaul how military sexual misconduct cases are prosecuted amid…
Will the annual defense authorization bill get passed this year?
If Congress is going to pass the annual defense authorization bill for a 61st consecutive year — and that’s a big if — it’s going…
Senate turns to NDAA after de-linking China competition bill
WASHINGTON ― The Senate could consider the annual defense authorization bill as soon as Thursday after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., abandoned a controversial…
Senate’s China competition bill threatens NDAA passage
WASHINGTON — Legislation to make U.S. manufacturers more competitive with China could instead end up swamping the military’s annual defense authorization bill in complex congressional…
This week in Congress: White House warns against more budget delays
The White House on Friday warned Congress not to finish the year without passing a new federal budget plan, saying the funding is needed to…
Senate ‘likely’ to move defense bill this week, Schumer says
WASHINGTON ― The Senate is “likely” to vote on its long-delayed annual defense policy bill this week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a…
Still no timeline for when annual defense authorization bill may move in the Senate
Senate Republicans on Tuesday bashed Democratic leaders in the chamber as apathetic or possibly antagonistic to the needs of the military in their decision not…
This week in Congress: Only four weeks of legislative work left in 2021
Congress enters November with just four legislative weeks left in 2021 but a long list of work to be finished before the end of the…
This week in Congress: Only four weeks of legislative work left in 2021
Congress enters November with just four legislative weeks left in 2021 but a long list of work to be finished before the end of the…