In June, Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) introduced S. 3441, the Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act of 2012, which would transfer C-27J aircraft from the Air National Guard to the Forest Service. Last week, Representative Ken Calvert (R-Calf.) introduced a companion bill in the House, H.R. 6248 to provide for the transfer of excess Department of Defense aircraft to the Forest Service for... Read Full Story
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Appropriations Bill Status
The House completed work on their version of the bill on July 19, however, Senate leaders have acknowledged they will likely be unable to complete work on FY13 spending measures until after the November elections. As a result, House and Senate leaders announced that they have worked out an agreement on a six-month Continuing Resolution (CR) to continue... Read Full Story
Cyber Security
The Senate failed to advance legislation today aimed at protecting American computer networks from cyber attacks (S.3414). A cloture vote, which would end debate on the bill, fell short of the 60 votes needed to move forward towards a final vote.
Much of the debate on the floor for the past week surrounded whether or not proposed legislation went to far in regulating... Read Full Story
After months of waiting, the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee (SAC-D) finally approved by voice vote their Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) as well as legislation passed in the House, in terms of the National Guard. In his opening statement, Chairman Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI) stated “the bill provides over $800 million to comply with the Senate Armed Services Committee's... Read Full Story
The House has no plans to move forward this week on a catch-all spending bill to avert the government shutdown, sources confirmed today.
Congress will instead leave town for a five-week recess without voting on a continuing resolution (CR) or even introducing it, sources said.
“No CR this week,” one GOP aide said, adding that there is “zero chance” of text appearing... Read Full Story