by Christopher Hellman and Travis Sharp The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) completed its markup of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Defense Authorization bill (HR 2647) on June 17, 2009. HASC’s marked-up bill recommends an overall FY 2010 authorization level of $680.5 billion, $348 million more than requested by the administration. This $680.5 billion total includes […]
Congressonal Add-Ons to Second FY2009 War Supplemental (H.R. 2346/S. 1054)
by Christopher Hellman On June 11, House and Senate conferees approved a $105.9 billion emergency supplemental appropriations bill for the latter part of Fiscal Year (FY) 2009, which ends on September 30. The bill includes $79.9 billion for the Department of Defense, primarily to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. As part of their […]
Analysis of Conference Agreement on Second FY2009 War Supplemental (H.R. 2346/S. 1054)
by Christopher Hellman On June 11, House and Senate conferees approved a $105.9 billion emergency supplemental appropriations bill for the latter part of Fiscal Year (FY) 2009, which ends on September 30. The bill includes $79.9 billion for the Department of Defense, primarily to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, roughly $4.4 billion more […]
Analysis of the Fiscal Year 2010 Pentagon Spending Request
by Christopher Hellman BACKGROUND On March 2, 2009, the Obama Administration released the initial details of its proposed Fiscal Year 2010 budget for the federal government. As part of this budget, the Administration is seeking $533.8 billion in funding for the Department of Defense, which does not include funding for military operations in Iraq and […]
Analysis of Second FY2009 Iraq and Afghanistan Supplemental War Funding Request
by Christopher Hellman On April 9, 2009, the Obama administration released details of its Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 supplemental funding request for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The total request is $83.4 billion to fund ongoing military, diplomatic, and intelligence operations. Of this amount, $75.5 billion is for costs related to military operations and […]
