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News: Scalise says 'the House will move from its previously announced legislative schedule next week to instead consider legislation that supports our ally Israel and holds Iran and its terrorist proxies accountable.'

The impeding attack raises questions about the urgency House GOP leadership will feel to move an Israel aid bill. They tried an Israel bill with domestic spending offsets. Then an Israel bill without offsets on suspension. Can they get an Israel aid bill through rules and on the

New Investigation: How children are hurt, abused & traumatized at military daycares, and how the services skirt norms, laws and weaponize ignorance to protect itself and keep parents in the dark. with Konstantin Toropin & Rachel Nostrant
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NEW with Briana Reilly — the House Armed Services Committee plans to mark up its version of the NDAA on Wednesday May 22, with likely floor consideration in June.

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Powerful front page wrap of the @wsj today. #IStandWithEvan who has been wrongfully detained in Russia for one year.

Speaker Mike Johnson has named Rep. John Moolenaar to helm the chamber’s China select panel once the current chair, Rep. Mike Gallagher, leaves Congress next month.

And the Marines have submitted a $2.38 billion unfunded priorities list for base renovations, combat vehicles and other equipment.

Caroline Coudriet has the details here (🔒): plus.cq.com/doc/news-79672…

UPL szn has begun!

INDOPACOM is seeking a whopping $11 billion for priorities that didn’t make it into the FY-25 budget request, while NORTHCOM has requested $34.7M for foundational IT work.

More details on both CQ Now (🔒):
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Scoop: Appropriators are back to working on a full-year fiscal 2024 Homeland Security bill, in a remarkable, last minute shift following White House involvement. More: plus.cq.com/doc/news-79665…

New today: The Pentagon is weighing whether to tap into the last remaining source of funding it has for military aid to support Ukraine’s war effort — even without guarantees that those funds will be replenished by Congress. via Natasha Bertrand Oren Liebermann
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A group of House lawmakers is preparing a ~$65B foreign aid package that includes military aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan -- an alternative to the $95.3B Senate-passed supplemental.

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NEW: Per sources, this national security warning is not an urgent situation that the US needs to concern itself with 'today.' It is a longer-term problem. And this raw intel has existed on the Hill for some time. Not sure what prompted the Turner statement.

Statement from Chairman US Rep. Mike Turner:

New: Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick says he’s working on a Ukraine/Israel/Taiwan framework with House Rs and Ds as it appears the Senate supplemental can’t move forward in the House.

Does leadership know about it?

“Now they do.”

Three Dems were among those who voted no: Sanders, Merkley and Welch.

Hours earlier, Welch had voted with the majority to support invoking cloture on the package.

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GAO plans to review the impact of Sen. Tommy Tuberville's military holds, a spokesman said today.

Comes after a request from House Democrats on Oversight Committee Democrats.

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