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But that record was threatened in the Republican-led House of Representatives on July 14, 2023, when members passed the US$886 billion bill by a 219-210 mostly party-line vote. Reflecting the current ...

is one of the few major bills that has cleared Congress each year for more than six decades. And it’s not the first time the White House has approved major defense legislation despite deep ...

In a 85 to 14 vote, the Senate approved the legislation, which the House passed last ... authorize funding for the Defense Department for fiscal year 2025. But the bill includes a handful of ...

Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.), chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, said a bill empowering local authorities to take ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday approved a $895 billion defense ... Most Democrats in the House voted against the defense bill last week due to the provision. The House’s version ...

The sweeping defense bill also includes pay raises for U.S ... Balint had similar comments in a statement after the House approved the legislation, saying it “amounted to a blank check to ...

The Senate passed on Wednesday the National Defense Authorization Act ... The Republican House approved the NDAA last week 281-140. It now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk, who is expected ...

Mr. Schumer also cited the bill’s efforts to expand technology innovation and the use of artificial intelligence in national defense as reasons to back it. House Republicans had initially tried ...

The Senate approved the annual defense bill Wednesday that moves National ... The same amendment received support from the U.S. House, but was stripped by the Senate. But the fight over the ...

The additional funding for missile defense, shipbuilding and counter-drone technology was approved over ... was abandoned in the final bill negotiated between the House and Senate.