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If Congress passes the Bipartisan Budget Agreement that was rolled out earlier this week, defense appropriators are ready to pounce on finishing a line-by-line spending bill by Jan. 15 to […]

Amid an ongoing investigation by the Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General’s office into allegations of misconduct by the nominee for the deputy secretary of the department, Democrats on a […]

An agreement between the House and Senate Armed Services Committees this week directs the Air Force to transfer 14 excess C-27J cargo aircraft to the Coast Guard has part of […]

The defense policy bill for fiscal 2014 sitting before Congress proposes placing additional oversight on the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program and requires the Pentagon to assess its capabilities […]

The House and Senate armed services committees reached an agreement on writing a new defense authorization bill that should get a vote in the House this week and the Senate […]

The House yesterday overwhelmingly approved several bills aimed at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), including legislation that calls for the agency to develop a multi-year strategy for acquiring security related […]

The Senate has just a one-week window to pass a defense authorization bill and confer with the House if lawmakers are to get the bill signed into law by the […]

The Senate adjourned for the Thanksgiving holiday without making any significant progress on the defense authorization bill, leaving just one week next month for the Senate to pass a bill, […]

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee yesterday quickly and unanimously approved Jeh Johnson, the Obama administration’s nominee to be the next Secretary of Homeland Security. Jeh Johnson Photo: Paul, […]

With less than a month left until the budget conference committee is expected to have a deal in place, it is clear there is no consensus among Senate Republicans, let […]