Cruz Amendment Calls for Expanded Missile Defense In the Senate Armed Services Committee markup of the annual defense authorization bill, Sen. Ted Cruz successfully offered an amendment designed to change present U.S missile defense policy from defending against “limited” threats by striking the word “limited” – i.e., to permit missile defenses against large scale […]
Final Action on House Version of FY 2017 Defense Authorization Bill
Yesterday, the House approved the bill by a vote of 277-147. There were a number of objections to the Rules Committee process by which the Republican leadership avoided tough votes. Ranking Democrat Adam Smith (D-WA) in particular voiced his objections to the amendment process and opposed the bill. Nuclear Weapons Amendment adopted by voice […]
House Adoption of Annual Defense Authorization Bill: Disappointing But not Surprising
By John Isaacs The House concluded consideration of the annual defense bill; a bad bill out of the Armed Services Committee was made worse on the House floor, aided and abetted by the House Rules Committee. The bill was built on a huge budget gimmick; it takes the $58.8 billion Overseas Contingency Operations budget – […]
U.S. Pentagon Spending Higher than Korean, Vietnam wars
U.S. federal spending for the Pentagon are now higher than during the Korean War, Vietnam War, and the Reagan years. Source: National Defense Budget Estimates for FY 2016
The Iowa Results Are In
The difference between the GOP frontrunners and Council-endorsed candidates is stark.
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