(new information in italics)   $1.067 billion: Total cost of Omnibus bill 2,009: Total pages of the bill $573 billion: Total cost of Pentagon budget $607 billion: Total cost of national defense budget category 050, Pentagon plus Department of Energy weapons programs plus the Overseas Contingency Operations account The bill includes $514 billion for the […]

$1.067 billion: Total cost of Omnibus bill 2,009: Total pages of the bill $573 billion: Total cost of Pentagon budget $607 billion: Total cost of national defense budget category 050, Pentagon plus Department of Energy weapons programs plus the Overseas Contingency Operations account The bill includes $514 billion for the base Pentagon budget. It also includes $74 […]

Washington, D.C. — Council for a Livable World, a Washington D.C. group focused on national security issues, today criticized the huge $1.067 trillion Omnibus Appropriations Bill filed late last evening as “an unwieldy mess.” The bill is 2,009 pages long and filled with special interest provisions and last minute deals on riders that most Members of […]

NEW INFORMATION IN ITALICS Defense Appropriations and the Omnibus Spending Bill: Congress narrowly avoided a government shutdown on September 30 when it passed a short-term continuing resolution spending bill. Congress is up against the clock once again: if an extension or compromise is not made by this weekend (technically December 11), large parts of the […]

By Sarah Tully New information in italics Budget Deal (H.R. 1314) On October 26, congressional leaders announced a two-year budget deal to increase discretionary spending caps for defense and non-defense spending for Fiscal Years 2016 and 2017. The bill also suspends the debt limit until March 15, 2017. The deal raises the defense spending caps […]