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Visclosky: D.C. 'Careening' Toward Shutdown
The third-ranking House Appropriations Committee Democrat says Congress and the White House are "careening" toward another government shutdown, adding a GOP-proposed defense spending plan is partly to blame.
House Panel Sends DoD Spending Bill to Floor
The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday approved a bill that proposes nearly $600 billion in 2016 defense spending, leaving intact a controversial $88 billion war account and fully funding weapon programs.
McCain's NDAA: It's Complicated
Sen. John McCain's first defense policy bill is reflection of the Armed Services Committee chairman: bold and complicated. It is the kind of legislation that in one breath proposes lower aircraft carrier cost caps but in the next flirts with potentially costly design changes.
Issue Tracker: Appropriations Season
Defying opposition from conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats — and a White House veto threat — the House Appropriations defense subcommittee last week approved a $578.6 billion 2016 Pentagon spending bill. The measure includes nearly $500 billion in base defense spending and $88.4 billion in war funding. If enacted, that funding level would be $24.4 billion above the amount enacted for the current fiscal year.
Column: AUMF Needs a 'Gang'
If House Speaker John Boehner didn't kill efforts to legally authorize the Islamic State conflict, he took away its medication. The patient appears on a glide path to a slow death.
Pelosi Turns Up Heat on Boehner Over AUMF
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is turning up the heat on Speaker John Boehner about legally authorizing the Islamic State conflict, while a source says the Senate likely would have to act first.
Cochran Mum on Extra $38 Billion for Defense
The chairman of the Senate subcommittee that doles out defense dollars is playing coy about whether he will include $38 billion in extra funds in his 2016 Pentagon spending bill.
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