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Senate sends fiscal 2023 defense authorization bill to Biden’s desk

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to pass the final defense authorization bill for fiscal 2023, clearing the sweeping measure for President Joe Biden’s signature.

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Senate passes defense bill rescinding COVID vaccine mandate

A bill to rescind the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for members of the U.S. military and provide nearly $858 billion for national defense has passed the Senate and now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law

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Senate sends fiscal 2023 NDAA to Biden's desk - Roll Call

The Senate voted overwhelmingly to pass the final defense authorization bill for fiscal 2023, clearing the measure for Biden's signature.

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Editorial: Gillibrand’s long march: Persistence has paid off with military justice fairness

Kirsten Gillibrand would not give up. The New York senator labored for a decade to reform how the military justice system works (and doesn’t work). And now she has prevailed. The thousands of annual cases of sexual assault and rape in the ranks will be handled like crimes among civilians,…

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Final defense authorization bill removes most House provisions on hate groups

WASHINGTON — The lawmakers who wrote this year’s final defense authorization bill deleted or diluted all eight House-passed NDAA provisions pertaining to extremism in the U.S. military or American society.

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Final NDAA removes most House provisions on hate groups - Roll Call

Most of the provisions aimed at identifying and removing extremism in the U.S. military were stripped out of the annual defense policy bill.

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Gillibrand calls new NDAA ‘huge milestone’ in military justice

WASHINGTON — The newly released defense authorization bill for fiscal 2023 all but completes a decade-long campaign to overhaul the tradition-bound military justice system, advocates of the change say.

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Gillibrand calls new NDAA 'huge milestone' in military justice - Roll Call

The defense authorization measure would move authority over prosecutions for major crimes from commanders to professional prosecutors.

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Permitting legislation finds roadblocks in path to defense authorization bill

WASHINGTON — Prospects that Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., will be able to attach an energy permitting proposal of his to the annual defense policy bill dimmed after two key Republicans said they opposed the idea.

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Permitting legislation finds roadblocks in path to NDAA - Roll Call

Prospects that Sen. Joe Manchin III will get to attach provisions to the bill dimmed after two key Republicans said they opposed the idea.

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Senate pushing massive weapons buildup

Why do powerful senators want to load up on expensive weapons, far beyond what the U.S. has sent to Ukraine?

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Offshore energy battle looms over ‘must pass’ defense bill

WASHINGTON — One of the most underappreciated high-stakes legislative fights in recent memory — featuring some of the strangest political bedfellows — is coming soon to a lame-duck session near you.

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Offshore energy battle looms over 'must pass' defense bill - Roll Call

One of the most underappreciated high-stakes legislative fights, featuring some strange political bedfellows, is brewing after the elections.

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New Pentagon abortion policy likely to trigger legislative war

WASHINGTON — A day-old Pentagon policy on female servicemembers’ access to reproductive health services is already triggering election-year sniping among lawmakers and figures to loom large in forthcoming legislation.

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New Pentagon abortion policy likely to trigger legislative war - Roll Call

Guidance to ensure abortion access for servicemembers comes as midterms loom and annual defense bill awaits lawmakers in Congress.

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Senate NDAA debate could have something for everyone - Roll Call

The annual defense policy bill has attracted hundreds of proposed amendments, touching on health care, immigration, intelligence and more.

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Collins set for top GOP spot on Defense appropriations panel

WASHINGTON — In the next Congress, Susan Collins of Maine is expected to be the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee’s powerful Defense panel, sources say.

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Collins set for top GOP spot on Defense appropriations panel - Roll Call

Maine senator Susan Collins is poised to become the Republican on the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee.

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Nuclear arms fears surface during Senate hearing

Should the vice president’s residence be moved to Kansas City to ensure the U.S. government can function after a nuclear strike?

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Nuclear arms fears surface during Senate hearing - Roll Call

Doomsday queries at a Senate hearing reflect heightened level of alarm after China, Russia devise new delivery systems.

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Drought disaster declared; city restricts outdoor irrigation

Federal officials have declared a drought-related disaster in Rhode Island

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Senate NDAA has $13 billion extra for defense inflation - Roll Call

The Senate Armed Services Committee recommended $45 billion more for national defense in fiscal 2023 than President Joe Biden requested.

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Senate Armed Services panel goes big with new defense budget - Roll Call

The Senate Armed Services Committee has proposed a roughly 10 percent increase in national security funding for fiscal 2023.

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Staffers got raises in the House. Now it’s the Senate’s turn, says Schatz

WASHINGTON — Sen. Brian Schatz doesn’t want the Senate to get left behind after a year of House action aimed at improving staff retention.

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Staffers got raises in the House. Now it’s the Senate’s turn, says Schatz - Roll Call

“You shouldn’t already have to be wealthy in order to serve here,” Hawaii Democrat says as he leads a push for bigger office budgets.

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