Budget
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BudgetThornberry: Acquisition Reform, Preserving Military Assets Are Top Priorities
New House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) laid out his agenda Tuesday morning at the American Enterprise Institute, saying that acquisition reform and saving important platforms, industrial […]
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BudgetJohnson Recommends Veto Of House DHS Bill Blocking Immigration Actions
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, to nobody’s surprise, on Thursday recommended that President Barack Obama veto a spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security if it passes Congresses with […]
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BudgetHouse Approves FY ’15 DHS Funding Bill But Thwarts Obama On Immigration Reform
The House on Wednesday approved a $39.7 billion appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the remainder of fiscal year 2015 while also passing several amendments designed […]
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BudgetRogers Releases Homeland Security Funding Bill; House Will Consider Bill Next Week
The House Appropriations Committee released its fiscal year 2015 homeland security funding bill, which would provide money for the Department of Homeland Security for the rest of the fiscal year […]
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BudgetFederal Employees Will Receive 1% COLA Pay Raise Beginning Jan. 1
When civilian federal employees come back to work after New Year’s Day, they’ll find a little more money in their first paycheck thanks to a 1 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) […]
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BudgetObama Signs Defense Bill on Dec. 19; Hagel Concerned About Sequester in ’16
President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 on Friday, with the final version of the bill keeping most of his overseas spending priorities in […]
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BudgetCBO Projects Higher Cost For Navy Shipbuilding
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) in a report released Monday estimated that over the Navy’s 30-year shipbuilding plan costs will be on average about 13 percent more than the service […]
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BudgetSenate Passes NDAA 89-11; Still Awaiting Vote on Spending Bill
The Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2015 on Friday, sending the bill to the president’s desk for the 53rd year in a row. The House […]
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BudgetCongress Scrambles To Avert Second Government Shutdown In 15 Months
Congress struggled Thursday to avert a government shutdown Friday, with an early afternoon vote in the House canceled as lawmakers realized they might not have enough votes to pass a […]
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BudgetAppropriators Reach Deal to Fund DoD at $554 Billion; Allows Higher Navy Spending Than NDAA
House and Senate negotiators agreed Tuesday evening on a $1.01-trillion spending bill that funds most of the government through the end of September and provides the Defense Department $490.2 billion […]