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House Passes Nearly $840 Billion FY ‘23 NDAA With Bipartisan Vote

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, July 15th, 2022

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House Passes Nearly $840 Billion FY ‘23 NDAA With Bipartisan Vote

Screenshot from the House's livestream of the final vote on passage of its version of the fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act

The House on Thursday evening passed its nearly $840 billion version of the fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act with a bipartisan 329 to 101 vote. Lawmakers advanced the bill after two days of floor debate and consideration of 650 amendments, a new record, to include adopting an increase to the number of F-35Cs authorized in the bill and measures requiring the Navy to report on long-term contracting strategies. “[That’s] a record we weren’t necessarily looking to set but…

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Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

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Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

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HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]