Congress

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 […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has managed a flattening of its budget the past few years but attempts to fix the nation’s debt woes on the back of discretionary […]

The Senate started debating the defense authorization bill yesterday, when it voted to support the Pentagon’s alternative-energy efforts and waded through sundry amendments on topics including an East Coast missile […]

A senator who has stalled the defense authorization bill in the Senate said yesterday he was prepared to drop his blockade, likely allowing the chamber to debate everything from military […]

The Pentagon should further scale back production of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to absorb additional spending reductions that could occur even if sequestration is avoided, according to the conclusions […]

House Republicans will approve today a new lineup of committee chairmen, including Reps. Mike McCaul (R-Texas) for the Homeland Security and Ed Royce (R-Calif.) for the Foreign Affairs panels. House […]