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Budget

House Approves FY ’15 DHS Funding Bill But Thwarts Obama On Immigration Reform

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, January 14th, 2015

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House Approves FY ’15 DHS Funding Bill But Thwarts Obama On Immigration Reform

The House on Wednesday approved a $39.7 billion appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the remainder of fiscal year 2015 while also passing several amendments designed to prevent executive actions by President Barack Obama's administration to reform immigration.The 236-191 vote, largely along party lines, is $400 million more than appropriated in FY ’14 for discretionary spending and includes funding for a range of programs and operations in support of aviation, border and maritime security.The bill (H.R.…

HII Executive Outlines Its Shipbuilding Acceleration Strategy

An HII [HII] shipbuilding executive last week told lawmakers how the company plans to improve and accelerate shipbuilding throughout via workforce improvements, adding new shipbuilding infrastructure and reinforcing distributed shipbuilding […]

Congress

House Sends Dec. 11 CR With Ship Construction Funds To Trump’s Desk For Final Signature

The House on Tuesday passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open through Dec. 11, sending the temporary funding measure that also includes funds to support ongoing shipbuilding […]

Missile Defense

Guetlein On Golden Dome: ‘We Cannot Protect This Nation And Bankrupt It At The Same Time’

While there has been criticism among missile defense advocates of Golden Dome’s development pace after the signing of an executive order in January last year, Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein, […]

Missile Defense

Interview with Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus

Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), a co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus in Congress and a member of the House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces panel, discusses the transformative defense investments […]