By John Isaacs In textbooks and civic classes, we learn congressional procedures for approving legislation. There are multiple steps in the process — whether it is a tax bill, military budget, health care, financial reform, education policy or climate change. However, as Congress becomes ever more dysfunctional, the civic class curriculum should be tossed out. […]
Council: Front and Center
An update on arms control, national security, and politics from Council for a Livable World. The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation is the Council’s affiliated 501(C)(3) research organization. What’s News A Nuclear Reckoning: Senators Ponder the President’s Power to Launch Armageddon. Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell wrote an op-ed in War on the Rocks discussing […]
Summary: Senate Defense Appropriations Chairman’s Mark (FY 2018)
View as PDF Top Line Total Appropriations[1] Net grand total: $643.7 billion (an increase of $51.7 billion from FY 2017) Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO): $64.9 billion Emergency Funding: $4.5 billion (for missile defeat and defense enhancements) Military personnel Active Duty Forces: 1,322,500 Reserves: 816,900 Military Pay Increase: 2.4% (2.1% was requested) Select Nuclear Weapons […]
Ratings of Senators Up for Re-election in 2018
Compiled by John Isaacs Updated March 26, 2018
Analysis of Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Bill: HR 2810
Download PDF version. Treaties: 1. Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty House: Sections 1243 and 1244: Authorizes $25 million to establish a program of record to develop a conventional road-mobile ground-launched cruise missile system that, if tested or deployed, would violate the INF Treaty. Senate: Section 1635: Authorizes $65 million to establish a program of record […]
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