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 […]
November 3 Defense Budget Refresher: Budget Deal and Defense Authorization
By Sarah Tully Budget Deal (H.R. 1314) (new information in italics) 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 by […]
October 30 Pentagon Budget Refresher: Budget Deal and Defense Authorization
By Sarah Tully Budget Deal 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 defense spending by $25 billion over the caps set by […]
Council’s Letter to Senators on the Iran Policy Oversight Act
Council for a Livable World neither supports nor opposes the “Iran Policy Oversight Act” recently introduced in the Senate.
A Side-by-Side Comparison of House, Senate and Conference Defense Authorization Bills
On September 29th, 2015, the House and Senate concluded their conference of the FY 2016 National Defense Authorization Act. The agreement was held up over a variety of issues, including provisions regarding Guantanamo Bay, military retirement benefits modernization, protection of the Greater Sage Grouse, and the Overseas Contingency Operations budget (OCO). As part of its FY16 […]
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