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Senate Kicks Off August Recess, Postpones Cyber Bill Until September

Valerie Insinna

Wednesday, August 5th, 2015

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Senate Kicks Off August Recess, Postpones Cyber Bill Until September

The Senate on Wednesday shelved until September debate of a cybersecurity bill aimed at increasing threat information shared between private entities and government.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) revoked cloture on the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (S.754) and announced that there would be no further roll call votes this week, kicking off August recess. Upon return, senators will debate the Iran nuclear deal before proceeding to the cyber bill. McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid agreed that…

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]