The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower held a hearing on the Navy’s fiscal year 2019 budget request, which includes proposed increases in shipbuilding rates with the goal of esta…
506 viewsCQ Roll Call Appropriations and Budget Reporter Jennifer Shutt talked about the status of 2019 federal spending legislation, including for the U.S.-Mexico border wall, ahead of the December …
87 viewsTodd Harrison talked about his study for the Center for Strategic Analysis on the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2019 budget. Mr. Harrison, the CSIS Defense Budget Analysis director, addressed such …
276 viewsSenate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Patrick Leahy (D-VT) talked about efforts to pass federal funding bills by the Sept 30, 2018, deadline, as well as Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nominati…
776 viewsDefense Secretary James Mattis and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Joseph Dunford held a joint press conference at the Pentagon. They spoke about the fiscal year 2019 National Defense Au…
2,614 viewsJack Fitzpatrick previewed Senate debate on an $857 fiscal year 2019 appropriations package that includes spending bills for the Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Depa…
118 viewsBloomberg Government congressional leadership reporter Nancy Ognanovich discussed the status of federal spending legislation in Congress as the Senate worked to pass a $4 billion spending pa…
96 viewsThe Senate debated H.R. 5515, a House-Senate compromise bill authorizing $708.1 billion for Defense Department programs. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) voiced opposi…
232 viewsFollowing their weekly caucus luncheon, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and other members of Senate Republican leadership spoke with reporters. Regarding President Trump’s threat to s…
471 viewsU.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer testified on the Trump administration’s trade policy and his office’s fiscal year 2019 budget. Committee members asked questions on issues that in…
2,552 viewsJohn Donnelly talked about the details of the House-Senate fiscal year defense authorization compromise bill being debated and voted on by the House today.
80 viewsThe House debated the fiscal year 2019 defense programs and policy bill.
170 viewsThe House debated fiscal year 2019 spending for the Interior and Treasury departments as well as assorted federal agencies.The spending package did not include funds for election security in…
710 viewsNiv Elis spoke by phone about House Republicans' fiscal year 2019 Homeland Security budget request.
195 viewsThe House Budget Committee met for the first of two days of scheduled meetings to consider legislation for the fiscal year 2019 federal budget. The Republican leadership said the resolution …
2,019 viewsSecretary of State Mike Pompeo testified before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on his department’s fiscal year 2019 budget. He was asked about global security threats, including relati…
1,001 viewsThe House Budget Committee resumed its debate on amendments to the resolution for the fiscal year 2019 federal budget. They were offered by Democratic members involving issues such as workfo…
230 viewsHouse Republicans on the Budget Committee spoke to reporters about the fiscal year 2019 Budget Resolution.
358 viewsThe chairs of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) testified at a hearing on their agencies' respective fiscal year 2019 budget requests. Some o…
722 viewsEducation Secretary Betsy DeVos testified before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee about President Trump’s fiscal year 2019 budget request for her department. She answered questions on pr…
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