Congress
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Navy/USMCLatest CR Includes $5.7 Billion In More Virginia Sub Funds
The newest Continuing Resolution unveiled by the House Appropriations Committee Tuesday that extends federal funding into March includes an additional $5.68 billion to fund the Virginia-class attack submarine (SSN) program. […]
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CongressFinal Defense Authorization Bill Heads to White House, As Senate GOP Pledges Return to ‘Regular Order’
The $895.2 billion fiscal 2025 defense authorization bill is on its way to President Biden after the Senate passed it early Wednesday afternoon on a vote of 85 to 14. […]
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ArmyFinal FY ‘25 NDAA Scraps House Plan To Establish Army Drone Corps
The final version of the next National Defense Authorization Act does not include a House-proposed provision to establish a Drone Corps as a new branch within the Army. The move […]
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CongressMcConnell: $900 Billion Defense Topline ‘Not Nearly Enough,’ Calls For ‘Significant’ Increase
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has offered the most extensive insight to date on his priorities as he takes over the Defense Appropriations chairmanship, to include encouraging the incoming Trump administration […]
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Air ForceDemocrats Introduce Bill to Spur System Sustainment by Military Services
Those in uniform have criticized military services’ outsourcing of sustainment to industry as leading to higher costs, causing repair delays, and lowering military readiness. Last week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), […]
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CongressThree HASC Republicans To Join House Appropriations Committee
Three Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, Reps. Mark Alford (R-Mo.), Dale Strong (R-Ala.) and Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.), will join the Appropriations Committee in the next Congress. Rep. Tom […]
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CongressWittman: Pentagon ‘Must Become a Software-Centric Organization’
The relative new kids on the defense block, such as Anduril and Palantir [PLTR], stand to win big, if one reads behind Thursday comments by Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.), the […]
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CongressHouse Passes Final $895.2 Billion FY ‘25 NDAA
The House on Wednesday voted 281-140 to pass the final $895.2 billion compromise version of the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The defense policy legislation now heads […]
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CongressThune: DOGE Cuts May Be Included In A Second GOP Reconciliation Package
Incoming Senate GOP Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has said Republicans could look to include some of the spending cuts recommended by the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in a […]
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CongressHASC’s Top Dem To Oppose FY ‘25 NDAA Over Inclusion Of Transgender Care Ban
The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee will oppose final passage of the $895.2 billion fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization over its inclusion of a GOP-led provision […]