Budget
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ArmySenate Adds $371 Million to Authorization Bill to Buy New Weapons for Stryker
The Senate Thursday morning passed an amendment to the 2016 defense authorization bill that adds $371 million for Stryker armored vehicle lethality upgrades. In a 61-34 vote, lawmakers agreed to […]
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BudgetHouse Appropriations Bill Advances with $88 Billion in OCO Intact
The House Appropriations Committee moved forward its $578.6 billion defense appropriations bill today, beating back a Democratic amendment that would reverse a boost to wartime spending that allows Republicans to […]
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BudgetSenate Panel’s $400 Million Offset Fund Includes $200 Million for Directed Energy
Concerns about the military’s waning technological dominance have fueled a $200 million boost to directed energy research in the Senate Armed Service Committee’s (SASC) defense authorization bill. The committee’s version […]
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BudgetHouse Panel Reveals Draft of FY ’16 Defense Appropriations Bill
The House Appropriations Committee’s defense subcommittee on May 19 released its draft of the appropriations bill for fiscal year 2016. While the draft is in line with the House defense […]
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Budget
House Approves Coast Guard Authorization Bill
The House on Monday unanimously approved a two-year authorization bill for the Coast Guard that allows for the appropriation of up to $1.5 billion annually for acquisition funding each of […]
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BudgetSASC Authorization Bill Contains Cuts to Air Force, Boosts to Navy Programs
With gains to shipbuilding, undersea warfare and its tactical aircraft fleet, the Navy emerged as the major winner in the Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) fiscal year 2016 defense authorization […]
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BudgetHouse Passes Defense Authorization Bill Despite Democratic Opposition
The House on May 15 passed a $612 billion defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2016 in a 269-151 vote largely divided along party lines. Forty one Democrats voted in […]
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ArmySASC Defense Authorization Bill Restricts Funding for F-35, LCS, Adds New Carrier UAV Prototype
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Thursday approved its markup of the fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill in a 22-4 vote. Although the bill would fully fund controversial […]
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BudgetDemocratic Support for Defense Authorization Bill Diminishing
It took about 18 hours for the House Armed Services Committee to pass the defense authorization bill, but that could be a breeze compared to getting it through the House […]
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Budget
SASC Moves Forward on Defense Bill, But Reveals Few Details
Despite pleas from the press for transparency, members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) have been closed lipped about its defense authorization bill, which is being marked up this […]