Budget

Congressmen spent most of Wednesday afternoon debating procedural issues associated with the Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act, not actually getting into any of the amendments as of press […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee began marking up its Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act on Tuesday morning, with five of its six subcommittees completing their markups on a […]

As the full House prepares to debate and amend the Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act this week, the House Armed Services readiness subcommittee chairman said he believes the […]

The House will debate the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 this week, likely beginning Wednesday, after lawmakers filed more than 300 amendments to the bill. A total […]

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) version of the fiscal year 2015 authorization bill approved May 14 includes language requiring the Air Force provide notification of changes to its “block […]

There is a short window of time early next year when the White House, Pentagon, Congress and advocacy groups could get together and work out a comprehensive plan to rein […]

A group of defense budget analysts on Wednesday criticized the House Armed Services Committee’s annual defense bill for gutting readiness, putting pork over operations and attempting to circumvent sequestration spending […]

With the House Armed Services Committee done with its defense bill and awaiting floor debate, the House Appropriations defense subcommittee staff will have the guidance it needs to complete its […]

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is “not pleased” with the defense authorization bill passed by the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) earlier this week and is hopeful that as the budget […]

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) voted 61-0 to move its annual defense bill to the House floor, after a 14-hour markup that reversed several cuts the Pentagon tried to […]