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 […]
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 […]
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
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 – a slush fund […]
Joel Rubin (D-M.D.) for House
CONTRIBUTE Joel Rubin is running in a crowded primary for the open seat in Maryland’s 8th Congressional District. The Race Rubin is running for the seat of Rep. Chris Van Hollen, who in turn is running for the Senate. This contest will be decided in the Democratic primary which takes place on April 26. […]
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