The bill passed the House by a vote of 281-140 and will next move to the Senate, where lawmakers had sought a bigger boost in defense spending than the current measure allows. Lawmakers are ...

The US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved the annual defense bill, allocating nearly $900 billion with substantial funding earmarked for Israel-related initiatives, JNS reported.

the House approved the 1,800 page national security legislation to authorize funding for the Defense Department for fiscal year 2025. While the majority of Democrats opposed the bill, 81 joined ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House on Wednesday signed off on ... statement after the vote that said she opposed the bill because she believes defense spending needs to be audited to identify waste ...