Congress

Sens. Robert Casey (D-Pa.,) Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and John Kerry (D-Mass.) have written their colleagues on the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) in favor of continuing funding for Abrams tanks […]

A Navy official told senators concerned about the Pentagon’s plan to scale back Virginia-class submarine production that the Navy would work with Congress to find an incremental-funding setup to restore […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The military would not be able to carry out the Obama administration’s global military strategy under budget sequestration, which would require rewriting the new doctrine, Marine […]

Divided along party lines, the House Homeland Security Committee yesterday approved legislation that would pare back plans in an earlier version of a bill aimed at bolstering the Department of […]

NASA budget-writers in the House and Senate are moving forward this week with contrasting spending plans for the space agency. The full Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) is slated to meet today […]

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta lamented on Monday the “great challenge” the Pentagon is facing trying to garner congressional approval of its proposed budget cuts. His comments came during a press […]

The Pentagon is making good use of a rapid-innovation program created by Congress, even though the military hasn’t actually requested the money for it, a senior official told lawmakers yesterday. […]

The head of the Pentagon’s Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) touted reforms officials have made to the powerful body intended to improve the its weapons planning. “We’re trying to make […]

With word Democrats controlling the Senate may craft a budget blueprint next week, lawmakers are preparing to resume the defense-spending debate. The House passed a budget resolution two weeks ago–before […]

The Navy and Marine Corps are breaking from tradition and told a House panel they have no outstanding equipment needs not funded in the Pentagon’s official budget request. The military […]