Wright-Patt May Take Hard Hit with Defense Cuts
Worse, if committee can’t agree by Nov. 23, even deeper defense cuts will be imposed. WASHINGTON — In recent years, Wright-Patterson Air...
Defense Cuts: What’s at Stake for Va. and Hampton Roads?
This Congress seems bent on cutting the federal budget, and even once-sacrosanct defense spending won’t be getting a pass. That worries...
Fairfax Drainage District Floodwall Needs Upgrades, But Money Tight
The Fairfax Drainage District in Kansas City, Kan., is home to more than 100 businesses, including factories that make fiberglass,...
The Pentagon Budget’s Stealth Earmarks
Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.), the chairman of the House Armed Services committee, talks a tough line on the defense budget. Members of his...
Alabama Congressmen Pad Defense Budget; Deny Earmark Label
Mike Rogers, left, Martha Roby and Mo Brooks WASHINGTON – Capitol Hill is supposed to be an earmark-free zone this year but a slew of...
Former U.S. BRAC Chief Says Md. Will Face Future Jobs Competition
Realignment to bring thousands of new positions to the state, but state not immune from closures Maryland was a winner in the last round...
Boeing Bid Beats Europe for Tanker
The Pentagon awarded Boeing Co. a contract worth more than $30 billion for aerial refueling tankers, closing a chapter in a tortured...
Seaports Chafe at Loss of Earmarks
The budget-cutting fervor that killed earmark spending has sent a panic through the nation’s seaports, where billions of federal dollars...
A Grand Bargain? You Show Me Yours…
Showing a little leg on deficit reduction is a highly risky proposition these days: display the scantest hint of skin and you risk losing...
House GOP Proposes Cuts to Scores of Sacred Cows
The House Appropriations Committee proposed on Wednesday to cut funding for scores of politically sacred programs, from NASA and Amtrak...
