Tag Archives: overseas contingency operations

The Senate will mull a $1.02 trillion stopgap measure that adds $74.7 billion for the military’s overseas contingency operations and funds the government through Dec. 11, Defense News reported Tuesday. Joe Gould writes that the measure works to support efforts to prevent a government shutdown and enable lawmakers to take up …

Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Talley, chief of the U.S. Army Reserve, said Thursday that his organization’s readiness programs have been jeopardized by a lack of a flexible budget structure, DoD News reported Thursday. “The challenge under the Budget Control Act and sequestration is not that we need to control our spending, …

The budget proposed in the Senate’s defense appropriations bill for fiscal year 2016 indicates that military spending continues to rise despite some cuts in base funds for the service branches, Deltek‘s Alex Rossino said. He wrote in a blog entry posted Tuesday that increases in the budget for overseas contingency operations …

The Senate on Thursday voted 71-25 to pass a bill that would provide $612 billion in Defense Department funds for the 2016 fiscal year, including an extra $38 billion war budget, The Hill newspaper reported Thursday. Jordain Carney writes the White House and Democrat lawmakers have criticized Republicans’ strategy to …

The House Appropriations Committee has passed a $578.6 billion defense budget bill that would fund most of the Pentagon’s key weapon programs in fiscal 2016, Defense News reported Tuesday. John Bennett writes the bill, approved by the committee in a voice vote Tuesday following a markup, includes almost $88 billion in …

The House has voted 269-151 to pass a $612 billion defense policy bill that puts additional funds for overseas contingency operations to boost defense spending in fiscal year 2016, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Kristina Peterson and Gordon Lubold write that the lower chamber authorized $38.3 billion for base operations …

The U.S. House voted 228-199 Wednesday to pass a fiscal 2016 budget plan that includes an extra $20 billion for overseas contingency operations spending, the New York Times reported Thursday. Jonathan Weisman writes the Republican-crafted budget would increase the OCO funding allocation to $96 billion without a requirement to offset …

The House of Representatives is set to vote this week on two versions of a spending plan for the next fiscal year, Politico reported Tuesday. Jake Sherman writes House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) expects the chamber to pass the budget that allocates more funds for defense programs. “I believe in …

Defense Department Comptroller Mike McCord has said DoD will likely produce a document to highlight the effects the agency will see if sequestration resumes in fiscal 2016, Federal News Radio reported Monday. “Hopefully we’ll also be able to talk about in terms of how it affects mission output, not just …

The White House plans to send a $585 billion fiscal year 2016 Defense Department budget proposal to Congress next week, Defense One reported Tuesday. Marcus Weisgerber writes the Obama administration’s defense budget will seek $534 billion for the agency’s base budget and another $50.9 billion to fund overseas contingency operations. …