Budget
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BudgetSenate Passes Bipartisan Budget Agreement, Moves to Final Debate on NDAA
The Senate passed the Bipartisan Budget Agreement Wednesday evening in a 64-36 vote, reducing sequestration for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 and allowing the appropriations committees to begin developing a […]
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Senate, House Appropriations Staffs Will Work Through Recess to Draft Omnibus Language
The Senate and House appropriations committees’ staffs will work through the holiday recess to reach an agreement on how to fund the government this year given the new spending cap–$1.012 […]
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BudgetNDAA Restricts Funds For Co-Production of Israeli Iron Dome System
The Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) legislation being considered by Congress would restrict Missile Defense Agency (MDA) funding to no more than $15 million for co-production of […]
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BudgetSen. Coburn Includes Several DoD Programs in ‘Wastebook 2013’ Oversight Report
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) released his annual Wastebook spending oversight report to highlight “wasteful and low-priority spending totaling nearly $30 billion,” which this year featured numerous military acquisition programs and community outreach […]
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ArmyNDAA Restricts Stryker Funds Pending Army Report On Inventory Actions
The House-Senate National Defense Authorization Act of fiscal year 2014 would restrict procurement funds for General Dynamics’ [GD] Stryker vehicle upgrades until the Army submits a report on the status […]
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Mikulski: Appropriations Committees Looking to Pass Single Omnibus Bill By Jan. 15
The Senate Appropriations Committee chairwoman yesterday urged her colleagues to quickly pass the Bipartisan Budget Agreement this week so her committee can begin its work writing an omnibus appropriations bill […]
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ArmyArmy’s Ground Combat Vehicle Under NDAA Scrutiny
Congress would hold off on spending some Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) funds on the Army’s Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) program until an in-depth report requested in the FY’14 […]
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Air ForceRAND Questions Value of Joint Fighter Programs
Joint aircraft programs do not produce the expected life-cycle cost savings across the military and the benefits are too small to offset the cost growth that takes place in the […]
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BudgetSenate to Work on Budget Bill Tuesday, Defense Bill Wednesday
The Senate on Sunday will begin what could be a long parliamentary process to pass both the Bipartisan Budget Act and the National Defense Authorization Act, though votes won’t take […]
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Defense Authorization Bill Passes House with Overwhelming Majority
A new defense authorization bill that reflected both House and Senate bill language from earlier in the year passed the House of Representatives Thursday evening in an overwhelming 350-69 vote. […]