Washington Report December 10, 2019 Congress Reaches NDAA Compromise; Guard Items Included Republicans and Democrats in Congress reached a compromise on the annual defense policy bill, seemingly ending a long stalemate that threatened to... Read More Details
Washington Report December 03, 2019 Clock Ticking on Spending Bills Congressional leaders have just 17 days to reach a deal to avoid a government shutdown before year’s end. With both the House and Senate in session... Read More Details
Washington Report December 03, 2019 Problems Continue to Plague F-35 Supply Chain The military’s newest fighter jet faces big hurdles when it comes to sustainment, according to a new government report. Shortages of spare parts... Read More Details
Washington Report November 26, 2019 Legislation Would Close Health Care Gap for Some Guard Retirees New, bipartisan legislation would help close a gap in health care coverage for National Guard and Reserve service members who are otherwise able to... Read More Details
Washington Report November 19, 2019 Gabbard Introduces Bills to Promote Veteran-Owned Businesses, Address Mental Health Care Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, has introduced a slew of legislation aimed at serving veterans. The four bills were introduced earlier this month... Read More Details
Washington Report November 19, 2019 Lawmakers: Foreign Propaganda Agents Targeting Veterans Military veterans are often the targets of foreign propaganda agents and scammers, according to a House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs hearing held... Read More Details
Washington Report November 05, 2019 House Votes to Create Gold Star Fellowship The House has voted to create a new Gold Star Fellowship Program to bring the families of fallen service members to Capitol Hill. The legislation... Read More Details
Washington Report October 29, 2019 PFAS Regulations Needed or Dozens in House will Oppose NDAA Sixty-eight members of the House of Representatives have tied their support to the fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act to provisions... Read More Details
Washington Report October 29, 2019 NGAUS Pushes for Benefits Parity in House Hearing The NGAUS president joined National Guard leaders on Capitol Hill last week to testify during a special hearing on protecting benefits for service... Read More Details
Washington Report October 22, 2019 HASC Stands Up New Defense Task Force A bipartisan task force will review U.S. defense assets and capabilities and assess the state of the national security innovation base to meet... Read More Details
Washington Report September 24, 2019 Stopgap Spending Bill Expected to Avert Shutdown President Donald Trump will sign a continuing resolution if it passes the Senate later this week, avoiding another partial government shutdown and... Read More Details
Washington Report September 24, 2019 House, Senate Working to Settle NDAA Differences Dozens of lawmakers have begun meeting to hammer out a compromise fiscal 2019 National Defense Authorization Act. The joint conference committee is... Read More Details