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VA funding plan passes House with more controversial provisions

House GOP lawmakers doubled down on anti-diversity measures despite a White House veto threat.

By Leo Shane III

2 months ago

$1B Iron Dome fund stripped from new continuing resolution

A proposal to send Israel $1 billion for the Iron Dome air defense system has been cut out of a stopgap government funding bill, meant to avoid a government shutdown after Sept. 30, in order to ease its passage in the House.

2 years 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.

2 years ago

General education: What Austin can learn from Mattis’s rocky relationship with Congress

Austin must work with Congress to win support for President-elect Joe Biden’s national security budget and priorities.

3 years ago

House panel votes to end 2001, 2002 war authorizations

The House Appropriations Committee approved separate measures to end the 2001 and 2002 war authorizations, which underpin U.S. counterterror operations ― another move by lawmakers to curb President Trump’s war-making powers.

3 years ago

Politicos are pushing to rebuild Tyndall, but should the Air Force bother?

Lawmakers are pushing the Air Force to rebuild Tyndall Air Base, the hurricane-ravaged home of its F-22 Raptor training fleet.

By Joe Gould and Valerie Insinna

5 years ago