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Shipbuilding, Mil Con Spending Eyed For Stimulus Package

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Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford The massive economic-stimulus legislation under consideration on Capitol Hill could include funding for a Coast Guard icebreaker, commercial-shipbuilding loans, and military- base-improvement efforts. Though the economic-recovery package is not expected to include monies for Pentagon weapons programs, lobbyists and influential lawmakers have proposed these homeland-security and military-construction initiatives. Politicians have said the still-morphing legislation, estimated to cost at least $775 billion, will target so-called "shovel-ready" transportation and infrastructure projects that can begin in short order. President-elect Barack…

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

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“Not Sure How They Get To Where They Wanna Be,” Calvert Says of $1.5 Trillion Defense Topline Proposal

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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 […]