The House on Thursday easily passed a bill that would keep the government running under a continuing resolution to Nov. 21 as lawmakers continue to hash out differences in authorization and appropriation bills. House Appropriations Committee Chair Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) introduced the bill, which ...

The House and Senate Armed Services Committees announced Wednesday each chamber’s conferees for the Fiscal Year 2020 defense authorization bill will formally start meeting on Thursday. The Thursday meeting is called a “pass the gavel” meeting in which the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) ...

House Armed Services Committee member and retired Marine Rep. Paul Cook (R-Calif.) plans to retire in 2020, becoming the 13th GOP member and sixth HASC member to leave the House after this Congress term ends. The LA Times first reported Sept. 17 that Cook, 76, plans to retire and run for San ...

In this new monthly column, Defense Daily highlights individuals from across the government, industry and academia whose efforts contribute daily to national defense, from the program managers to the human resource leaders, to the engineers and logistics officers. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan’s (D-Penn.) ...

Senate appropriators are asking Army senior leadership to be more transparent with its “night court” budget review process, specifically its planned goal to realign an additional $10 billion towards modernization priorities. The bill report for the Senate Appropriations Committee’s FY20 ...

The Senate Appropriations Committee’s fiscal year 2020 defense budget pluses up the Air Force’s space procurement budget for fiscal year 2020, but the majority of the increase comes from shifting research-and-development funds for a future weather satellite to procure an off-the-shelf option. ...