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Senate To Vote This Week On Supp With Less FY ’08 Procurement, R&D Than Last Version

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Monday, June 23rd, 2008

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By Emelie Rutherford The Senate is expected to vote this week on $161.8 billion in war-supplemental funding, following House passage last Thursday and President Bush's endorsement last Friday. Though Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) hesitated last week to promise the bill will pass as-is when his chamber takes it up this week, lawmakers and aides predicted the legislation will clear the Senate and go to the White House before next week's congressional recess. "I want to thank the members…

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Industry Groups ‘Urge’ Congress To Block Stock Buyback Restriction From Final FY ‘27 NDAA

More than three dozen industry associations on Monday called on congressional defense committee leaders to scrap a provision in the final version of the next National Defense Authorization Act that […]

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Senior GOP HASC Members Wittman, Turner Ousted Amid Dems’ Blue Wave

Two senior Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, including a potential frontrunner for the panel’s top GOP role, have officially lost their reelection bids. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and […]

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Dems’ Big Night Set To Reshape Top Defense Committee Spots, As Key GOP’ers Knocked Off

Democrats’ sweeping victories in Tuesday’s midterms, taking back control of the House and Senate, are set to reshape key spots atop defense committees, to include House Armed Services panels and […]

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Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]