Congress
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CongressSenate Budget Dems Push For Defense Reconciliation Spending Details, Cite ‘Slush Fund’ Concerns
Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee have raised “significant concern” with the Pentagon’s move to classify reconciliation spending plans, urging the department to provide more public details on how the […]
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CongressTrump Signs Spending Package With $839 Billion Defense Bill, Ending Partial Shutdown
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a spending package to end the partial government shutdown that temporarily impacted the Pentagon, with the legislation having included the final $839 billion fiscal […]
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CongressHouse May Vote Tuesday on Spending Package, As Democrats Look to Reform ICE
The House may vote Tuesday on a fiscal 2026 spending package passed by the Senate late last Friday, as Democratic legislators push for measures to hold Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]
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CongressPentagon Set For Temporary Weekend Shutdown, As Senate Votes On Final Spending Deal
While the Senate will vote Friday night on a spending deal that includes final fiscal year 2026 defense appropriations, the Pentagon is set to have a temporary lapse in funding […]
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ArmyAppropriators Don’t Grant Army’s Full Agile Funding Push, ‘Discourage’ Future Requests
Congressional appropriators did not grant the Army’s push for new agile funding authorities in the final defense spending bill, and said they “discourage” the Pentagon from pursuing similar requests in […]
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CongressHouses Passes Final $839 Billion FY ‘26 Defense Spending Bill, Heads To The Senate
The House on Thursday evening voted 341 to 88 to pass the final $839 billion fiscal year 2026 Defense Appropriations Bill. The measure was part of a three-bill “minibus” spending […]
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CongressAppropriators Restore Funding For Several Of Army’s Planned Cuts, Rebuke JLTV Decision
Congressional appropriators have restored funding in the final fiscal year 2026 defense spending bill for several of the programs the Army planned to cancel as part of its new transformation […]
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CongressAppropriators Fund More Multi-Years For Munitions, But Not All Of DoD’s ‘Very Late’ Request
The final fiscal year 2026 defense spending bill approves eight critical munitions for multi-year contracts, while the list does not cover the entirety of a larger request proposed by the […]
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CongressWittman Introduces Bill To Speed Arms Sales To Taiwan
A bill to streamline arms sales to Taiwan has been introduced in the House after companion legislation was approved in the Senate, Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) said on Tuesday. The […]
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Missile DefenseGolden Dome Budget Data Still Lacking, Impeding Oversight, Appropriators Say
The Trump administration has yet to provide Congress with budgetary and other information about the Golden Dome homeland missile defense program as directed, impairing congressional oversight of the multi-billion dollar […]