Congress

The Senate Appropriations Committee will likely try to push through  a continuing resolution next week when Congress returns, as the prospects of completing the normal appropriations process in the eight […]

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel yesterday said he’s given top DoD officials the green light to develop another “offset” strategy and offered snippets of Better Buying Power 3.0, more of […]

While Congress was away for its August recess, several members of defense committees saw their reelection bids get significantly more competitive, and one key lawmaker was knocked out of the […]

A new report shows that the nine most competitive Senate races this fall, all of which involve senators with ties to the defense committees, are seeing a heavy presence of […]

More senators have joined the call for sending weapons to Ukraine, with Senate Armed Services Committee members John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) writing a letter to President Barack […]

Several Alabama companies in the aerospace supply chain wrote to their congressional delegation asking for support not only for the “traditional” aerospace contractors–namely the United Launch Alliance (ULA)–but also for […]

Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, will travel to Ukraine this week, hoping the conflict at the Russian border is nearing an end […]

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved a bill to modify an existing chemical facility standards program managed by the Department of Homeland Security and also […]

The House on Monday evening approved several bipartisan bills including one authorizing Customs and Border Protection and another that codifies much roles and responsibilities the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) […]

Three years after the Department of Homeland Security terminated a program aimed at developing and producing the next-generation of portal systems to detect radiological threats hidden in cargo and vehicles, […]