Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is seeking bipartisan support to impose new sanctions against China over its role in bringing fentanyl to the United States. Fentanyl is a deadly synthetic opioid that is 50–100 times more powerful than morphine. While its potency has made it a popular and cheap additive in other street drugs,…
Schumer Seeks New Bipartisan Sanctions Against China over Fentanyl
July 17, 2023
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The Chinese Spy Balloon Incident Will ‘Shape’ the Coming Defense Budget: Sen. Tim Kaine
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.), who is a member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees, said the recent Chinese spy balloon incident is going to “shape” this year’s defense budget. During a Feb. 11 interview with Fox News, Kaine said the senate committees will make the defense investments they need to keep…
The US National Defense Authorization Act Is Crucial to Taiwan
Commentary Tensions between the United States and China have been high since U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taipei in August. The Chinese regime’s response was to conduct several days of live fire drills off of the island’s shores. The signing of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has evoked a similarly threatening response from…
Senate Votes Against Attaching Manchin’s Pro-Oil and Gas Energy Bill to Defense Funding Legislation
December 16, 2022
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The Senate on Dec. 16 blocked Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) attaching amended legislation promoting oil and gas drilling to the National Defense Authorization Act, despite President Joe Biden’s support for it. Manchin was striving to get his energy measure attached to the defense funding bill, but the 47–47 vote defeated that objective. Sixty votes were required…
Senate Passes Military Spending Bill Repealing Vaccine Mandate
The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed the $858 billion military spending bill, which also repeals a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for military service members. The legislation will now go to President Joe Biden for signing into law. The Senate approved the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by an 83–11 vote after the measure garnered overwhelming bipartisan support in…
Senate Passes $858 Billion Military Spending Bill
The U.S. Senate on Dec. 15 passed a military spending bill with a top-line price to taxpayers of $858 billion. The defense package, dubbed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), passed the upper chamber by an 83–11 vote. The NDAA was passed by the House of Representatives on Dec. 8 in a 350–80 vote. A total…
What Is the JCPA?
December 10, 2022
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The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) is a bill that attempted to attach to the National Defense Authorization Act. After blowback from both the right and the left, the non-defense provision has been stripped from the bill and calls Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s leadership into question. – BUY Jan 6 DVD: www.epochtv.shop/product-page/dvd-the-real-story-of-january-6, Promo…
What’s Inside the House-Passed Military Spending Bill
The House of Representatives just passed the mammoth $858 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), an annual must-pass bill setting out defense spending levels. See what’s inside, and what was left out, below. Military Vaccine Mandate Repealed In a major win for Republicans and critics of President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 policies, this year’s iteration of the…
Biden Signs $768 Billion Defense Spending Bill Into Law
December 27, 2021
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President Joe Biden on Monday signed into law a nearly $770 billion defense bill, setting policy for the Pentagon on a number of areas, the White House announced. The sweeping National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2022 authorizes a 5 percent increase ($25 billion) in military spending from last year and includes a 2.7…
Senate GOP and Some Liberal Democrats Block Advancement of Mammoth Defense Bill
November 30, 2021
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Senate Republicans and some liberal Democrats on Monday blocked a mammoth annual defense policy bill that would authorize some $770 billion in Pentagon spending from advancing, throwing the legislation into limbo. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2022 was introduced by Senate Armed Services Chairman Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking Republican committee member,…
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