Congress
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CongressSome Republicans Raise Concerns About Proposed National Cyber Director
Top Republicans on a House oversight panel on Wednesday voiced concerns whether a proposal to establish a Senate-confirmed cyber director and related staff within the executive branch only add bureaucracy […]
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CongressDefense Industry Urges Congress To Provide Emergency Funds For DoD In Next COVID Response Bill
The Aerospace Industry Association and executives from 80 defense companies have signed a letter urging congressional leadership to provide the Pentagon with supplemental funding to help the department pay billions […]
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BudgetHouse Appropriators Pass DHS Spending Bill, Granger Warns Of Veto
The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) on Wednesday passed along party lines a $50.7 billion homeland security spending bill for fiscal year 2021, a measure that includes no new funding for […]
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CongressHouse Appropriations Approves $694.6 Billion FY ‘21 Defense Spending Bill Along Party Lines
The House Appropriations Committee voted along party lines Tuesday to approve its $694.6 billion fiscal year 2021 defense spending bill, including striking down an amendment that would allow the Pentagon […]
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CongressMost Big DoD Nuke Programs Get Requested 2021 Budget, or Close, From House Appropriators
The Department of Defense would get close to its requested funding for most strategic nuclear weapons programs, under a 2021 spending bill approved on a party-line vote Tuesday by the […]
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CongressChair of House Energy Committee Rips ‘Rogue’ DoE Nuclear Weapons Agency
The Secretary of Energy should get more control over the agency’s nuclear weapons programs, not less, the head of the House committee that makes policy for the department’s non-nuclear-weapons programs […]
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Homeland SecurityHouse Appropriations Panel Wants TSA To Expand Drone Security Testing
The House Appropriations Committee this morning will mark up a homeland security spending bill that recommends the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) establish a second testbed related to drone security. Late […]
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CongressHouse Appropriators Seek To Restore Army’s CH-47F Block II Funds, Propose Cut To IVAS
House Appropriators are looking to restore $163 million to the Army’s procurement plan for CH-47F Block II Chinooks as well as proposing a potential $235.6 million cut to the service’s […]
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CongressHouse Spending Bill Would Blank W93 Warhead, Continue Plutonium Pit Investment
A 2021 spending bill passed on Monday on a party line vote by the House Appropriations Committee would prohibit development of a proposed new nuclear warhead for the Navy while […]
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Navy/USMCHouse Panel Would Restrict Navy LCS Cuts And Private Maintenance Program
The House Appropriations Defense panel’s fiscal year 2021 draft bill recommends preventing the Navy from decommissioning any Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs) and restricts a pilot private ship maintenance program. The […]