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May 6, 2015

Summary of Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act As Reported by House Armed Services

OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS BUDGET: Authorizes a huge $38 billion expansion of the Overseas Contingency Operations account for base budget items such as operations and maintenance. The fund would now total $96 billion, including $89.2 billion for the Pentagon.

Posted in: Blog, Legislative Analysis

May 6, 2015

Amendments Submitted to Corker Bill on Iran

The delicate balance of bipartisan support broke down after Sen. Rubio (R-Fla.) and Sen. Cotton (R-Ark.) introduced new amendments to the original House bill, which have gone to the head of the line of amendments and which must be addressed before the bill can be finished. As a result, on May 5, Majority Leader McConnell (R-Ky.) filed cloture on both the underlying bill (H.R. 1191) as well as the Corker-Cardin bill (S.615).

Posted in: Blog, Legislative Analysis

May 1, 2015

The Week That Was In the House: Busy, But Not Productive

A breakdown of recent defense spending activities in the House of Representatives from Senior Fellow John Isaacs

Posted in: Blog, Legislative Analysis

April 25, 2015

Council: Front and Center – April 25

In this week’s edition: Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman supports Iran talks, nuclear terrorism troubles, the U.S.’s unaffordable modernization woes, save the date for the 2015 Drinan awards, and Laicie Heeley on the Ed Show.

Posted in: Blog, Council: Front and Center

April 17, 2015

Since When did Joe Sestak Come Down with Todd Akin Disease?

Now the Washington, D.C. Democratic establishment is treating Democratic Senate candidate Joe Sestak of Pennsylvania as if he too has hoof in mouth disease, if not the plague.

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