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Senators eye pay boost for junior troops, more funds for housing fixes
Both House and Senate lawmakers want to pass targeted pay raises for junior enlisted troops, but budget caps may complicate those plans.
Tuberville under pressure from Republicans over military holds
Republican senators are holding a meeting to confront Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville about his blockade of almost 400 military nominations.
Tuberville to seek floor vote on No. 2 Marine leader
Sen. Tommy Tuberville plans to call a floor vote on the nominee for the Corps’ assistant commandant after Gen. Eric M. Smith suffered a health emergency.
By Ashley Murray, The States Newsroom
Ernst ‘dismayed’ by Bureau of Prisons response to sexual misconduct
“I expected to receive more substantive detail and direct responses to the questions I asked,” the Iowa Republican Senator said in a letter to the agency.
Senators clash with US prisons chief over problem-plagued agency
Senators complained that Colette Peters appears to have reneged on promises she made when she took the job last year that she’d be candid with lawmakers.
At Air Force conference, officials call out effect of Tuberville holds
“This is a situation that one senator has created for us,” Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said at the Air, Space and Cyber Conference in Maryland.
Tuberville holds ‘paralyzing’ Pentagon, House committee chair says
Rep. Michael McCaul tells CNN’s “State of the Union” that the hold on military nominations and promotions is a national security issue.
Senators rally to boost defense spending, with $1 billion for Taiwan
A bipartisan group of senators seeks to boost defense spending beyond the debt ceiling cap amid resistance from House Republicans.
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Playing politics with military promotions harms our service members
The Senate hold on military promotions impacts service members, families and the communities they call home.
By Karen Holt