Budget

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

A slew of Democratic amendments that would pare back spending on major military acquisition programs could be up for debate next week when the House takes up the defense authorization […]

A group of senators—including the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman—indicated they would oppose the Air Force’s plan to retire the A-10 Warthog, signaling that they will push for funding the […]

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants the Air Force to speed up modernization of its C-130 transport fleet so that it can meet new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) avionics […]

An early morning Wednesday, last-minute amendment from Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) kept strong restrictions on the national security waiver available to the Defense Department to use RD-180s beyond ones already […]

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Thursday unanimously approved a two-year authorization bill for the Coast Guard that would require among other things the service to report on the […]

After an exhausting 18 hours of debate, the House Armed Services Committee early Thursday morning approved a $611.8 billion defense authorization bill that preserved funding levels requested by the military […]