Congress

The Coast Guard has been examining various scenarios that could arise if Congress is unable to stave off draconian spending cuts across the federal government that would take effect Jan. […]

The United States can’t continue to use “expensive” commercial space launch provider United Launch Alliance unless competition helps reduce launch costs, according to a key lawmaker. “ULA, they do the […]

Some defense contractors would be required to quickly alert the government when their computer systems are hacked under a provision in the Pentagon policy bill the Senate passed Tuesday. Senate […]

The Senate passed the annual Pentagon policy-setting bill by a 98-0 margin last night, setting up battles with the House and White House over controversial hardware provisions related to everything […]

Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) will be the top Democrat on the all-powerful House Appropriations Committee (HAC) next year. The House Democrat Steering and Policy Committee voted yesterday to make Lowey […]

A group of defense industry CEOs called on Congress yesterday to produce a framework agreement that would include a combination of tax increases and spending cuts to avoid sequestration and […]

The Senate voted last night to wrap up debate on the Pentagon policy bill this week, following a day when it chipped away at hundreds of proposed amendments. Those provisions […]

The Senate approved an array of measures that would impact the defense industry and the Pentagon’s weapons planning last week when it tweaked the wide-ranging Pentagon policy bill that it […]

The House on Tuesday passed several homeland security-related bills including one to assess the management structure at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and another requiring an annual report to […]

The White House threatened yesterday to veto the Pentagon policy bill before the Senate, citing multiple qualms with it including proposals to stop the retirement of aircraft and block funding […]