Congress Passes Defense Bill, Clinton Threatens VetoAfter weeks of disagreement over an abortion provision, Congress sent President Bill Clinton a $243 billion defense appropriations bill Thursday that includes money for B-2 bombers, missile defense and a military pay raise....
On August 1, the Senate voted 87 to 10 to approve the Conference Report on the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), ending a months-long dispute between Congress and the White House over whether to impose penalties on certain Chinese companies, including telecommunications giant ZTE, f...
Enough opposition has developed within the GOP ranks that it has forced House Speaker Mike Johnson to tee up the defense policy bill for a vote through a process generally reserved for non-controversial legislation. Under that process, at least two-thirds of the House were required to pass the...
Pentagon Chief Calls on Congress to Pass Spending Bill on Time More Reuters FILE PHOTO: U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a news briefing after participating a virtual Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., No...
Lower house lawmakers voted 227 to 11, with 2 abstentions, to pass the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), seen as key to forging lasting peace with separatist rebels and thwarting the rise of Islamist extremism in the nation's poorest and most dangerous region. The bill is the resul...
The president, flanked by first responders, teachers and construction workers, chastised Congress, pushing his strategy of intensifying the pressure on Republicans to put them on defense and rally support for his $447 billion bill. {mosads}Obama, seeking a rally after a summer of sinking approval...
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The president, flanked by first responders, teachers and construction workers, chastised Congress, pushing his strategy of intensifying the pressure on Republicans to put them on defense and rally support for his $447 billion bill. {mosads}Obama, seeking a rally after a summer of sinking ap...
The action came a few hours after the Senate had voted overwhelmingly to pass the bill by a vote of 77-18. The measure extends current spending levels and buys time for the two chambers to work out their differences over full-year spending bills for the fiscal year that began in October...
Congress has procured a total of 13 ships, including three destroyers, in its final version of the fiscal year 2022 defense authorization bill, five more ships than the Navy requested in its initial budget.