Congress

A Congressional Budget Office (CBO) cost estimate report published Nov. 3 estimates a House bill allowing U.S. submarine sales to Australia would sell at $3 billion each and the overall […]

Ahead of the House’s vote on Thursday to pass its GOP-proposed $14.3 billion Israel aid bill, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the upper chamber won’t consider the legislation, […]

The Senate on Thursday confirmed three top military nominees, over the objection of Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) blanket hold on military confirmations. The Senate voted 95-1 to confirm Adm. Lisa […]

The White House has said President Biden would veto House Republicans’ proposed $14.3 billion Israel aid bill over its Internal Revenue Service (IRS) budget cuts and exclusion of assistance for […]

Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas), chair of the House Appropriations Committee, announced on Wednesday she won’t seek reelection in 2024. Granger has been the House’s top appropriator since January 2023, after […]

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday urged Congress to support the Biden administration’s full $106 billion supplemental spending request, and cautioned against separating out […]

House Republicans have detailed their standalone bill to provide $14.3 billion in emergency aid for Israel, with GOP leadership aiming to hold a vote on the legislation this week. The […]

The Political Action Committees (PACs) of Northrop Grumman [NOC] and L3Harris Technologies [LHX] were among the top 20 donors to Rep. Mike Johnson’s [R-La.] campaign committee for the 2021-22 election […]

Several Navy officials on Wednesday told a House panel why several legislative proposals to enact the tripartite AUKUS agreement are needed this year, or parts of the submarine cooperation plan […]

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.), a member of the Armed Services Committee, was elected as the new speaker of the House on Wednesday. In a letter to his GOP colleagues earlier […]