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NDAA Passes in House, but Democrats Block Defense Approps Bill as Talk of Shutdown Reignites

Valerie Insinna

Thursday, November 5th, 2015

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The House on Thursday passed the fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill in a bipartisan, landslide 370-58 vote, but dreams of a more bipartisan Congress turned out to be shortlived when Senate Democrats later that morning blocked the defense appropriations bill from moving forward.The 51-44 vote in favor of the spending bill fell short of the 60 needed to move it toward final passage.In a press conference after the vote, Senate Democratic leaders said they had been concerned that Republicans…

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Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

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

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]

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

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

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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 […]