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June 10, 2016

Major amendments in the Senate to S.2943 Fiscal Year 2017 Defense Authorization Bill

Major amendments in the Senate to S.2943 Fiscal Year 2017 Defense Authorization Bill   The Senate failed to reach cloture on two amendments yesterday: Sen. McCain’s amendment to increase defense spending by $18 billion and Sen. Reed’s & Sen. Mikulski’s amendment to Sen. McCain’s amendment, which would increase non-defense spending by a similar $18 billion.  The […]

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May 26, 2016

Summary of Senate Version of Fiscal 2017 National Defense Authorization Bill

On May 12, the Senate Armed Services Committee approved a $602 billion authorization bill by a vote of 23-3. The three Senators who voted no were reported as Deb Fischer (R-NB), Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT). Cruz said he voted no because of the provision requiring women to register for the draft. Lee […]

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May 24, 2016

Cruz Amendment Calls for Expanded Missile Defense

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 […]

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May 21, 2016

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 […]

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January 21, 2016

CS Monitor: Board Member Jim Walsh on Congressional Vote to Destroy Iran Deal

“It is nothing less than bizarre that, at the very moment when Iran has followed through on its commitments to reduce its nuclear program, Congress would vote on legislation that could undermine the agreement and leave Iran unconstrained and closer to a nuclear weapon,” says Jim Walsh, an international security expert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge

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