Congress

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) chairman joined Republicans in blasting a Democratic proposal to stop “sequestration” cuts unveiled late last week, before Congress recessed for a week as the […]

The Senate failed to overcome a Republican blockage of Chuck Hagel’s nomination to be defense secretary yesterday, though his GOP critics said they will support advancing the confirmation vote during […]

A key lawmaker asked Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to ensure a reprogramming request would be made so the United States’ $211 million contribution toward Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system […]

Senate Democrats unveiled yesterday a likely-doomed plan to offset “sequestration” budget cuts through the end of December with a package of new revenues and budget cuts, including a $27.5 billion […]

The chairman and ranking members of the House Intelligence Committee yesterday reintroduced legislation that would provide liability protections to American businesses to enable them to share cyber threat information with […]

Frustrated Republicans argued yesterday Pentagon officials are partly responsible for the pending “sequestration” budget reductions, because they did not spell out the cuts’ dire consequences until this year. Pentagon leaders […]

President Barack Obama called during his State of the Union address for Congress to avert looming “sequestration” budget cuts in part though “bipartisan, comprehensive tax reform.” Republicans skeptical of Obama’s […]

Pentagon leaders and senators lamented the impact potential “sequestration” budget reductions would have on the defense industry yesterday, as Democrats and Republicans continued to clash over proposals to stop the […]

A divided Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) voted 14-11 last night to advance Chuck Hagel’s nomination to be defense secretary to the Senate for a vote this week, when Republicans […]

President Barack Obama on Tuesday issued his long-awaited Executive Order on cyber security, directing the federal government to share classified and unclassified threat information with critical infrastructure organizations while also […]