Congress

The Senate Appropriations Defense subcommittee (SAC-D) yesterday added $130 million to President Barack Obama’s budget for industrial-base initiatives while reducing his proposed level of Pentagon funding by $100 million. During yesterday’s […]

Congressional leaders yesterday agreed on a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the first six months of fiscal year 2013 at levels set in the Budget Control Act of 2011. The House […]

Gen. Keith Alexander, the chief of the United States Cyber Command, yesterday called for the Senate to pass comprehensive bipartisan cyber security legislation this week that the chamber began discussing […]

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said yesterday he is trying to schedule a meeting with Air Force chief of staff nominee Gen. Mark Welsh to discuss the hold he placed on […]

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard "Buck" McKeon (R-Calif.) yesterday released an angry response shortly after the Department of Labor issued guidance saying federal contractors, including Defense Department contractors, did not […]

Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell (R) along with congressional delegates from the same state and defense industry executives staged a rally yesterday against the possibility of sequestration, warning that if the […]

The Navy is defending the service’s 30-year shipbuilding plan following a report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) this week that projected higher costs for procuring ships over the next […]

A key Senate panel plans to craft its version of the Pentagon budget tomorrow, though the measure may not start with the new fiscal year in October because congressional leaders […]

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report this week projecting higher costs for procuring ships over the next three decades than the Navy estimates. The CBO estimated the cost […]

Supporters of a contentious and high-profile cybersecurity bill garnered enough support in the Senate yesterday to compel the chamber to start debating it. A full 84 senators voted for a […]