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Reelection Bids For Several Defense-Focused Lawmakers Heated Up in August

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, August 29th, 2014

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Reelection Bids For Several Defense-Focused Lawmakers Heated Up in August

Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (D-Hawaii)

While Congress was away for its August recess, several members of defense committees saw their reelection bids get significantly more competitive, and one key lawmaker was knocked out of the general election. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (D-Hawaii), a House Armed Services Committee member and co-chair of the committee’s Asia Pacific rebalance oversight effort, lost her bid for Senate and therefore will not be returning to Congress in 2015. She was running in a special election to fill the seat of the…

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Wicker Wants Legislation On DoD’s Equity Investments In Minerals Supply Chain

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Path Uncertain For $1.5 Trillion FY ‘27 Defense Topline After Trump Casts Doubt On Second Reconciliation Bill

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Senate Budget Dems Push For Defense Reconciliation Spending Details, Cite ‘Slush Fund’ Concerns

Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee have raised “significant concern” with the Pentagon’s move to classify reconciliation spending plans, urging the department to provide more public details on how the […]