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Budget

NDAA Stalls on House Floor Over Procedural Issue; Only 7 of 162 Amendments Debated

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, May 21st, 2014

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Congressmen spent most of Wednesday afternoon debating procedural issues associated with the Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act, not actually getting into any of the amendments as of press time. Much of the debate centered around the House Rules Committee’s decision to not allow an amendment that would require that, if the president veered from his plan to remove troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year, Congress should receive a report on the full purpose, duration and…

Congress

Senior GOP HASC Members Wittman, Turner Ousted Amid Dems’ Blue Wave

Two senior Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, including a potential frontrunner for the panel’s top GOP role, have officially lost their reelection bids. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and […]

Congress

Dems’ Big Night Set To Reshape Top Defense Committee Spots, As Key GOP’ers Knocked Off

Democrats’ sweeping victories in Tuesday’s midterms, taking back control of the House and Senate, are set to reshape key spots atop defense committees, to include House Armed Services panels and […]

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]

‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]