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White House requests $38 billion more in Ukraine aid

If Congress passes the request, it would bring the Ukraine aid total to more than $100 billion since March amid growing House Republican resistance.

By Bryant Harris

4 months ago

The congressional fight to scrap littoral combat ships isn’t over

Congress appears poised to save five littoral combat ships from an early retirement, but the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee is saying that the fight to ditch the ships is not yet over.

By Joe Gould and Megan Eckstein

9 months ago

Congress passes budget with defense boost, $13.6 billion in Ukraine aid

Senate lawmakers finalized a $1.5 trillion spending bill late Thursday that provides $13.6 billion in new aid for Ukraine and gives funding stability for the Defense Department for the rest of the fiscal year.

By Leo Shane III and Joe Gould

12 months ago

Defense top line ‘will probably go up’: Key Dems see GOP boost as path to a deal

“The people who want to spend more than the Biden number have built a lot of support, and yes, I think that is a potential bipartisan pathway,” says House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith. “I don’t support it, I don’t think that’s where we should go, but at the end of the day, I have one vote.”

20 months ago

Proposal to guarantee minimum-wage salaries for all troops fizzles

House leadership promised to look into the idea of at least $15 an hour in base pay for every service member.

By Leo Shane III

20 months ago

House appropriators advance $706 billion defense spending bill

The House Appropriations Committee has approved a $706 billion defense spending bill for fiscal 2022 over the objections of panel Republicans.

21 months ago