Opinion
How the VA could fix its $15 billion budget shortfall
Insurance subvention is complicated, but it could help alleviate the VA's massive budget deficit, former VA Secretary David Shulkin argues.
By David Shulkin
Latest "Budget"
This week in Congress: Lawmakers rush to pass VA funding
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of Sept. 16, 2024.
This week in Congress: Onto the fiscal 2019 budget
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of Feb. 12.
FY19 budget puts US ‘back to a position of primacy,’ Mattis says
Is the Trump military buildup about to get underway?
By Aaron Mehta
A Pentagon budget like none before: $700 billion
It’s the biggest budget the Pentagon has ever seen: $700 billion. That’s far more in defense spending than America’s two nearest competitors, China and Russia, and will mean the military can foot the bill for thousands more troops, more training, more ships and a lot else.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Latest short, confusing government shutdown could be the last one for a while
The nine-hour government shutdown came as lawmakers reached a budget deal they hope will prevent any more shutdowns until at least late 2019.
Rand Paul blocking bill to avert a government shutdown
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on Thursday said he was holding up legislation Congress needs to pass by midnight to avert a government shutdown.
By Joe Gould
Senate poised to pass budget deal with $1.4T for Pentagon; fight shifts to House
The U.S. Senate is expected to take up a bipartisan two-year spending legislation that hands a massive boost to the Pentagon, but its path through the House was cloudy Thursday.
By Joe Gould
Mattis: If given a budget, 'we will spend the money wisely'
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis made a rare television appearance to speak directly to the public — and perhaps, more importantly, to Capitol Hill — to convince them that anything short of a regular budget would do irreparable harm to an already cash-strapped military.
By Tara Copp, AP
Senate reaches budget deal with huge defense boost
Senate lawmakers have reached a two-year deal that would set defense spending at $700 billion for 2018 and $716 billion for 2019.
By Joe Gould
Mattis: Year-long continuing resolution would threaten troops’ pay
Pilots won't fly, spare parts won't be purchased and needed new service members won't be accepted if Congress funds government through continuing resolution, Mattis said.
By Tara Copp, AP