Other Spending

The Senate voted 93-3 yesterday on new legislation to expand veterans' benefits by allowing beneficiaries to seek out private (non-VA) health care...

With the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) running low and the threat of disrupting highway construction later this summer, lawmakers are scrambling to come up...

For several years, the Department of Defense (DoD) has been suggesting ways to trim parts of the Defense budget to make room for other military...

In response to the recent VA scandal and hospital backlogs, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has proposed legislation...

President Obama yesterday announced $1 billion for a European Reassurance Initiative to step up U.S. presence and planning in Central and Eastern...

Bloomberg Businessweek reported last week that House Republicans are considering a plan that would utilize savings from U.S. Postal Service (USPS)...

President Obama announced yesterday the number of troops that would be remaining in Afghanistan beyond the end of the year. While these levels are not...

Strict limits on discretionary spending have made it difficult for policymakers to fund everything they want. Yet instead of making hard choices and...

The White House issued a statement Monday saying that the President's senior advisers would recommend vetoing H.R. 4435, the annual defense...

Appropriations season is in full swing. The House has already passed the Legislative Branch and Military Construction-Veterans Affairs bills, while...