Congress

LLawmakers pledged to keep close tabs on the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program Thursday after government auditors released a long-awaited report recommending Congress restrict funding and slow production until further […]

A year-old investigation by a watchdog office in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has found no “wrongdoing” on the part of Alejandro Mayorkas, the Obama administration’s nominee to be […]

The House voted Wednesday to cut $3.6 billion from the Pentagon’s Overseas Contingency Operations account, lopping off much of the war funding Republicans added to the defense appropriations legislation passed […]

The House began debating the embattled defense appropriations bill on Tuesday, when members pushed back on proposals to strike funding for missile interceptors and Ohio-class submarines. The House Rules Committee […]

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said he will be present options to the White House for dealing with budget cuts, as informed by the recent–yet still unreleased–Strategic Choices and Management Review. […]

The White House said Monday the defense appropriations bill the House will debate this week could be subject to a presidential veto because it adheres to a Republican budget plan […]

A small group of Republicans and Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee has introduced a bill to reform the acquisition process at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) by calling […]

The House plans to debate the defense appropriations bill this week, after a likely contentious hearing on amendments Monday night. The House Rules Committee had scheduled a hearing last week […]

The Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday approved a $39.1 billion bill for the Department of Homeland Security in FY ’14, sending the measure to the full Senate. The bill provides about […]

A confluence of ideas and events have come together to make it hard for the Defense Department to make its case for avoiding across the board cuts, a top official […]