The Senate has adjourned without considering the $5.7 billion measure from the House that includes border wall funding, but will reconvene tomorrow at noon to deliberate.
After a distinguished 44-year career in the military and arguments with President Trump over Syria, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will leave the White House in early 2019.
The $2.2 billion increase locks in $1.6 billion in recurring spending commitments, paid for by $1.2 billion in higher taxes on 600,000 middle class families. Republican leaders vowed to oppose it.
Ronnie Campbell, the Republican candidate running in today’s special election to replace Congressman-elect Ben Cline (VA-6), got a big financial bump from some GOP delegates just before the polls opened this morning.
In the mission against Russia-backed disinformation, Senate Intelligence Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA) said that the solution “is going to require some much-needed and long-overdue guardrails when it comes to social media.”