Congress

The House and Senate passed the final version of Pentagon policy legislation the week before Christmas, sending it to President Barack Obama’s desk. The fiscal year 2013 defense authorization bill, […]

House Republicans voted Dec. 31 to grant Rep. C.W. “Bill” Young (R-Fla.) special permission to remain chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Defense subcommittee (HAC-D). Though Young has steered the […]

Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) this week introduced legislation aimed at making more transparent the domestic operations of unmanned aircraft systems and protecting the privacy of individuals when it comes to […]

Congress moved Tuesday to relax stringent commercial satellite export control laws by returning to the president the authority to determine appropriate requirements after years of military-level oversight. The compromise fiscal […]

Congress is putting the final touches on legislation that would limit the Pentagon’s ability to award cost-type contracts to defense companies. The measure, in the final House-Senate defense authorization bill […]

Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) said she expects to succeed the late Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) as chair of the powerful budget-dictation Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC). “It’s an honor and a […]

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) last Friday said it plans to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to examine the health effects of backscatter X-ray-based Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) […]

Congress’ final defense policy bill pushes back on Pentagon plans to fund a controversial tri-nation missile-defense program and retire aircraft, while authorizing it to continue biofuel development, study an additional […]

Lawmakers could unveil today the Pentagon policy bill they will send to President Barack Obama, with hopes he won’t follow through with previous threats to veto the long-delayed legislation. A […]

The loss of Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC), will undoubtedly impact Congress’ oversight of the Pentagon’s budget, observers said. Inouye, a World War […]