Budget
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BudgetSenate Tees Up Potential Vote on Appropriations Bills Including Defense Next Week
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) filed cloture on the motion to proceed with two fiscal year 2020 bills Oct. 17, opening up the possibility of the Senate voting next […]
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ArmyExtended CR Would Affect Army’s Major Weapons Development, Engagement With Small Business
Top Army officials leading the service’s modernization push said Wednesday operating under an extended continuing resolution into 2020 could alter the timeline of major programs, such as hypersonic weapon development, […]
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ArmyArmy May Lose More Than $7 Billion In Buying Power Due To CR, McCarthy Says
The Army’s top civilian said Monday the service could lose more than $7 billion in buying power under an extended continuing resolution (CR), calling on Congress to pass a budget […]
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Air ForceAir Force to Award Northrop Grumman Up to $4.8 Billion For Global Hawk Modernization
The Air Force intends to award Northrop Grumman [NOC] a sole-source contract for the ongoing development and production of all RQ-4 Global Hawk variants, as well as modernization, retrofit and […]
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CongressTop HASC Republican Thornberry to Retire from Congress in 2020
Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), the former chairman and current ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, said Sept. 30 that he would not be running for reelection in 2020. […]
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Air ForceUncertain Path Ahead for Air Force Light Attack Experiment
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Nearly three years since the Air Force first announced plans to experiment with procuring an off-the-shelf, low-cost light attack aircraft for use in permissive environments, the […]
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Homeland SecuritySenate Appropriators Support Additional NSC For Coast Guard But Don’t Fund It
The Senate Appropriations Committee says one more high-endurance cutter would be a big help to the Coast Guard in carrying out its missions on open ocean where it typically seizes […]
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CongressSenate Passes Short-Term CR, Trump Expected to Sign
The Senate overwhelmingly passed a continuing resolution to fund the government at fiscal year 2019 levels until Thanksgiving on Sept. 26, with President Trump expected to sign it before the […]
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BudgetSenate Appropriators Advance Contentious DHS Bill That Shelby Says Democrats And Trump Must Resolve
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved its version of a spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security with controversial provisions for spending on a border wall and an […]
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Budget
Senators: Impeachment Inquiry Not Likely to Impact NDAA Negotiations
As Capitol Hill has been set abuzz with the news Sept. 24 that House Democrats will open an impeachment inquiry against President Trump, negotiators for the fiscal year 2020 National […]