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Budget

Obama Administration Seeks To Trim DHS Budget In FY ’14

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, April 11th, 2013

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) yesterday sent a $39 billion discretionary budget request to Congress for FY ’14 that is 2.2 percent less than what Congress enacted in FY ’13, although the proposal includes funding for a seventh Coast Guard National Security Cutter (NSC), a program that the department attempted to halt last year after six ships. Congress rejected the department’s position on the NSC and provided funding for long-lead materials for the seventh high-endurance cutter in the continuing…

Congress

House Republicans Block Measure To Impeach Hegseth

House Republicans on Tuesday evening voted to block an attempt to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. In a 211-204 vote, the House moved to refer Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-Ky.) articles […]

Congress

Top House Defense Appropriator Calvert Officially Wins Reelection Bid

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), House Republicans’ top defense appropriator, has officially won his reelection bid. Calvert was running for a redistricted seat against fellow House Republican Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.), […]

Congress

No Path To Defense Reconciliation, Including GOP’s $350 Billion, Coons Says

Top Senate Democrats threw cold water on any GOP plans for a $350 billion fiscal 2027 reconciliation bill, or any defense reconciliation bill, before a new Congress is sworn in […]

Congress

Industry Groups ‘Urge’ Congress To Block Stock Buyback Restriction From Final FY ‘27 NDAA

More than three dozen industry associations on Monday called on congressional defense committee leaders to scrap a provision in the final version of the next National Defense Authorization Act that […]