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House May Vote Tuesday on Spending Package, As Democrats Look to Reform ICE

Frank Wolfe

Monday, February 2nd, 2026

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House May Vote Tuesday on Spending Package, As Democrats Look to Reform ICE

The House may vote Tuesday on a fiscal 2026 spending package passed by the Senate late last Friday, as Democratic legislators push for measures to hold Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents accountable in the wake of the recent deaths of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis at the hands of ICE. The five-bill spending package includes Defense, Financial Services/General Government, Labor-HHS-Education, State/Foreign Operations, and Transportation-Housing/Urban Development along with a 10-day Continuing Resolution (CR) for the Department of Homeland Security, which…

Navy Leaders Downplay Looking At Foreign Navy Shipbuilding Amid Lawmaker Objections

The Navy’s top leaders this week seemed to downplay and back down on the service potentially using foreign shipyards to build U.S. Navy ships or buying foreign designed warships overseas […]

Army

Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]

Army

Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]

Army

Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]