A bipartisan group of senators seeks to boost defense spending beyond the debt ceiling cap amid resistance from House Republicans. The Senate unanimously passed legislation that will eventually require components for all Navy ships to be made in the United States. The House advanced four bills to implement AUKUS, but broader concerns over submarine industrial capacity and export controls are muddying the waters. The failed attempt to revamp and address pre-existing deficiencies of the Defense Travel System means that the department is back where it started. Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants answers from defense contractors about their lobbying efforts to restore a tax credit that partially expired last year. The Senate Appropriations Committee allocated less foreign military financing for Taiwan than the House, setting up another spending fight. With Trump leading the Republican primary polls, the Senate approved an NDAA amendment that would require Congress to approve any NATO withdrawal. The lawmaker’s remarks echo those made by Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, President Joe Biden’s pick to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Sen. Bob Menendez tells Defense News he continues to block the F-16 sale to Turkey even after President Erdoğan said Ankara would ratify Sweden's NATO bid. Rogers said he will still hold up numerous other reprogramming requests in protest of the Air Force’s failure to make a SPACECOM basing decision. Load More
