Congress

Rep. John James, R-Mich., a former active Army Apache pilot turned Guard advocate in Congress, on Wednesday visited the National Guard Memorial for a meeting with retired Maj. Gen. Francis M. McGinn, the association president.

A bipartisan coalition of lawmaker reintroduced legislation that would allow more than 50,000 combat-disabled veterans to simultaneously receive full retirement and disability pay.

Bipartisian legislation introduced last week in both chambers of Congress would create a Space National Guard, fulfilling what Senate sponsors said was President Donald Trump’s “promise to do so in his second term.”

House speaker Mike Johnson is set to hold a vote today on a Republican stopgap budget to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year.

The Fighter Force Preservation and Recapitalization Act would establish requirements to track Air Force Fighter force structure and would grant Congress greater “oversight authority” of force structure modifications.

Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House and Senate last week would direct state payments for the use of the National Guard federal equipment in state missions to the units that used the equipment.

Drill-status Air National Guardsmen would have a permanent federal tuition assistance program compatible with the one available to the Army Guard under legislation reintroduced Feb. 6.

Daniel Driscoll answered questions from the Senate Armed Services Committee Jan. 30 about his nomination to be the secretary of the Army.

The Department of Veterans Affairs’ leadership would have more authority to discipline or dismiss problematic employees under a newly proposed bill.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Defense Department, fielded questions from members of the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday morning.

Lawmakers are trying to finalize the nation's annual defense policy bill and a separate measure to fund the federal government through March 2025.

A new legislative assistant has joined the NGAUS team.