Latest "house appropriations committee" stories

Biden threatens VA budget bill veto over limits on abortion, LGBT care

The plan calls for roughly $320 billion in veterans program and benefits spending next fiscal year.

By Leo Shane III

5 months ago

Vet agency chief calls onboarding times for new hires ‘indefensible’

Physicians can wait as long as a year to start working even after they've been hired, department officials acknowledged.

By Leo Shane III

8 months ago

ARRW hypersonic missile test failed, US Air Force admits

Secretary Frank Kendall confirmed this month's ARRW hypersonic test wasn't successful, and said the service is more committed to another weapon.

By Stephen Losey

9 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

18 months ago

Inflation and unpredictable funding are straining Navy readiness, says top officer

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday said the Navy’s funding levels have remained “flat relative to inflation for over a decade."

By Diana Stancy Correll

23 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.”

2 years ago