Surprise: today’s ‘must pass’ CR bill includes defense company goodies
Congress padded Biden’s request for $12.3 billion in Ukraine aid, adding money for contractors and the other line items for the military.
Congress padded Biden’s request for $12.3 billion in Ukraine aid, adding money for contractors and the other line items for the military.
Though all of the lawmakers in a recent analysis deny any impropriety, the capacity for competing interests is clear.
Why has this military corruption story involving drugs, prostitutes, and a guy with an unforgettable nickname flown under the radar?
Lawmakers added $37 billion beyond what the Pentagon asked for, most of it going to defense contractors at the expense of service members.
Lawmakers this week will rubber stamp a bill authorizing tens of billions more to the Defense Department that it didn’t even ask for.
Many want to increase already record high defense spending to confront Beijing. A new Quincy report lays out how the dangers are inflated.
Complaining that domestic priorities are being sacrificed, these Democrats want to slash military spending by $100 billion.
Why can’t a $782 billion defense budget keep planes from falling out of the sky?
When asked whether the taxpayer funds the weapons giant receives reflects US priorities, James Taiclet left out how much his company spends lobbying.
The US far outpaces all spenders when pressing threats like climate change and nuclear conflict that require diplomatic strategies receive little funding.
Amid the war in Ukraine, Europe has shown more willingness to provide for its own defense and the Biden team should encourage it.
Given the current state of the economy, that would mean the DoD budget could increase by over $100 billion.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine comes nowhere close to justifying ballooning the defense budget well past its Cold War peak.
A collective sigh of relief in Washington for those who feared the era of colossal budgets and power projection was over.
The reported request is grotesque, particularly when considering today’s unconstrained Pentagon waste.
Defense contractors and program advocates have unusual control over what the public sees, leading to bad oversight, or worse.
Legislation set for debate this week goes way beyond semiconductors and uses paranoia over not ‘keeping up’ to get more money for defense.
Congress is holding a hearing Wednesday to hear how continuing resolutions have purportedly been a crisis for defense.
Throwing more billions of dollars at the Pentagon (that it didn’t even ask for) won’t do anything to vaccinate the world from COVID-19.
Turns out the new administration had neither the interest or fortitude to oppose the usual suspects, passing a $777B bill this week.
The administration just nominated an industry insider to head the Pentagon’s troubled acquisitions department.