Defense Spending Bill

House Panel Unveils Defense Spending Bill

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 07.31.2011

WASHINGTON — A House panel on Tuesday unveiled a $649 billion defense spending bill for next year's Pentagon budget that funds the nation's wars...

Congressional Porkers Up to Their Usual Tricks

Winslow T. Wheeler | Posted 05.25.2011

Winslow T. Wheeler

I have taken a quick look at the brand, spanking new 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Conference Report - the bill with the final say on how much money will be dealt to the Pentagon.

The Truth Regarding Defense Spending

David M. Walker | Posted 05.25.2011

David M. Walker

Even if we pull all our troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan and crack down on DoD waste, the savings would still only get the government a relatively small fraction of the way toward restoring overall fiscal sustainability.

Democrats' Quiet Changes Pile Up

Wall Street Journal | JONATHAN WEISMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

While President Barack Obama still faces stiff headwinds on a range of major legislation on his agenda, he has been signing into law a slew of smaller...

Senate Advances Pentagon Bill, Defeats GOP Stalling On Health Care

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — The Senate headed for a Saturday morning vote on a package that funds the Pentagon and keeps other key programs, including benefits...

Is This Any Way to Treat Our Heroes?

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 05.25.2011

Joan E. Dowlin

43% of homeless males over 25 are veterans. What kind of a country are we when the men and women who fight for us overseas return to a system that neglects and discards them at home?

Obama Signs Bill To Curb Wasteful Defense Spending

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama granted the Pentagon new power to rein in wasteful defense spending Friday, a change he said was long overdu...