President Biden on Saturday signed Congress’ short-term government funding extension, officially averting a partial shutdown after a week of high drama. The Washington Times stories: White House
Read More...While the broader debate over government spending has been postponed until after the presidential election, defense officials are detailing the consequences of another short-term funding plan on military readiness, training, contracting and modernization efforts. President Joe Biden signed a three-month government funding bill on Thursday, averting a government shutdown at least till December. DoD officials frequently sound the alarm over operating under a continuing resolution — Congress’ inability to pass appropriations on time is hardly new. The 2024 appropriations legislation, for instance, was passed six months into the fiscal year.…
Read More...WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a $ 1.2 trillion package of spending bills after Congress had passed the long overdue legislation just hours earlier, ending the threat of a partial government shutdown. “This agreement represents a compromise, which means neither side got everything it wanted,” Biden said in a statement. “But it rejects extreme cuts from House Republicans and expands access to child care, invests in cancer research, funds mental health and substance use care, advances American leadership abroad, and provides resources to secure the…
Read More...Union officials are urging Congress to provide more funding to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. BOP has spent years struggling with staff attrition, and safety and security issues. The American Federation of Government Employees said the fiscal 2024 budget for BOP, as part of the recent government funding deal, would only worsen the agency’s current 40% staffing shortage. And AFGE warned that a 38% cut to funding for facility maintenance would make federal prisons more dangerous environments for both employees and inmates. (BOP needs more funding, not Less, to address…
Read More...A House Republican panel launched a probe into the Biden administration’s renewed funding of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency following allegations that members of the organization participated in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. The Washington Times stories: White House
Read More...The Biden administration has imposed a new round of sanctions on Hamas-linked officials to cut off the terror group’s investment fund and sever a conduit for Iranian financial support for Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Treasury Department announced Friday. The Washington Times stories: White House
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