Congress

The ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee is imploring the president to meet with key lawmakers to discuss future defense investments in light of China’s recent military buildup […]

Congress is dawdling in providing funds needed to finance the Department of Defense (DoD) and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and military officials have run out of moves to […]

By Jen DiMascio Minority Whip Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) announced yesterday he is resigning from the Senate, further changing the team of legislators who have protected the shipbuilding industry. Lott, […]

By Jen DiMascio Former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.), a latecomer to the presidential contest, recently outlined his national priorities for the campaign, among them calling for a "million- member" ground […]

The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Holiday Spirit. Congress has another week of recess–in other words another week to trade barbs on who is blocking […]

By Jen DiMascio Democratic lawmakers last week objected to Pentagon pleas for the quick release of war funding and attacked the administration for politicizing the issue. Before the start of […]

By Jen DiMascio As of Dec. 1, the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) will have no more funding for new contracts and will only sustain current contracts and […]

The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Bridge Goes Nowhere. The House-approved $50 billion bill to fund four months of Iraq war operations tanked last week […]

By Jen DiMascio At the beginning of the week, lawmakers planned to bring a war-funding bill to a vote and reconciling remaining differences in a bill to authorize funding for […]