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Massive veterans policy bill heads to Trump’s desk, but results will take time
Provisions for new community care rules and caregiver stipend expansion won’t happen overnight.
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Analysis: Tax cuts, spending to raise deficit to $1T by 2019
The Congressional Budget Office says economic growth from the tax cuts will add 0.7 percent on average to the nation’s economic output over the coming decade. Those effects will only partially offset the deficit cost of the tax cuts.
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Pentagon unveils $686 billion military budget for FY19
President Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget is requesting $686.1 billion in military funding, with a focus on great power competition with Russia and China.
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Ryan hopes spending bill disputes can be settled Tuesday
Efforts to tackle politically charged immigration issues and rapidly rising health insurance premiums appeared to be faltering.
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Did military hide the real mission of the Niger ambush from Congress?
U.S. senators are questioning whether the military hid from Congress its true mission in a Niger ambush last October that ended in the deaths of four American Green Berets.
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Ryan bows out: ‘I have given this job everything I have’
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., announced Wednesday he will not run for re-election and will retire next year.
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US House passes Pentagon-boosting omnibus as shutdown looms
The GOP-led House passed the sweeping $1.3 trillion spending bill in a race to avoid a government shutdown.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders takes aim at defense industry excess
Congress’ top populist, Sen. Bernie Sanders, has fired a shot across the bow of defense industry fat cats.
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Despite skipping BRAC request, Pentagon should still cut infrastructure costs, says Reed
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s top Democrat, Jack Reed, says the Pentagon must find ways to economize even though it did not ask for a new round of base closures in its FY19 budget request.
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This week in Congress: Trump’s first State of the Union address
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of Jan. 29.
