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Junior enlisted to get 20% pay bump, E5s get 13% more under House plan
House lawmakers are looking to overhaul the military's pay tables next year to dramatically boost junior enlisted pay.
Lawmakers seek emergency powers for Pentagon’s Ukraine war contracting
Proposal aims at ramp up the U.S. defense industrial base and helping European allies arm up.
This week in Congress: Military toxic exposure legislation nears the finish line (again)
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of July 18, 2022.
Elaine Luria wants to fight for a stronger Navy — but first she has to get reelected
Rep. Elaine Luria is one of the U.S. Navy’s staunchest proponents, but also one of its most ruthless critics.
By Joe Gould
Plan to overhaul Army fitness test gets support from House lawmakers
Language accompanying the Senate authorization bill draft goes beyond the Army fitness test to include further examination by all of the services.
Bigger military housing stipends, lower commissary costs pushed to fight inflation
The moves are designed to help offset inflation costs hitting military families' finances.
This week in Congress: Defense authorization and appropriations work collides on Wednesday
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of June 20, 2020.
After Ukraine invasion, is U.S. deterrence strategy already outdated?
Economic sanctions “clearly were not convincing to Russia in advance,” Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said. “It’s not clear anything would have been convincing to Russia in advance; I’m not going to try to get into the head of Vladimir Putin."
This week in Congress: Budget season in full bloom on Capitol Hill
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of April 25, 2021.
Lawmakers ask Austin to rush Abrams sale to Poland
Top Republicans on Monday made a push to accelerate Washington’s proposed sale of 250 M1A2 Abrams tanks to NATO-ally Poland, which has been pending since last summer, in light of the escalating crisis with Russia.
By Joe Gould
House passes defense bill 363-70; Senate up next
The House passed a new compromise defense policy bill and sent it to the Senate Tuesday, endorsing a $25 billion increase over President Joe Biden’s defense budget request for 2022
By Joe Gould