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I think we ought to move on,» said Sen. Jon TesterJonathan (Jon) TesterOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Not only do we need to support veterans, but their caregivers, too Trump Jr. prepares to hit the campaign trail ahead of midterms MORE (D - Mont.).

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Members of the NYC prison guards» union are demanding that the union stop paying for the legal defense bills of their troubled former leader, Norman Seabrook.

Rep. Tulsi GabbardTulsi GabbardPavlich: Media gives Hamas exactly what they want Overnight Defense: House panel passes 6B defense bill What's in the bill and what didn't make the cut Pentagon details «failures» in Niger operation Trump, Kim meeting set Policy issues take center stage as House panel passes 6B defense authorization bill MORE (D - Hawaii): Gabbard, 36, hasn't been afraid to buck her party.

ELIZABETHTOWN — The county may be poised to see big savings in criminal court costs if Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs the indigent defense bill approved by the state legislature last month.

«We owe it to them to pass this legislation, and I'll be pushing to include these measures in the upcoming national defense bill that Congress is debating this month.»

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«We have the FY17 defense bill,» Blunt said, noting it is the top priority of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and could be used as a vehicle to pass bills funding other federal departments.

Washington (CNN)- As Congress struggles to complete its lengthy to - do list before a holiday recess, bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate defense committees are pushing a compromise that would allow them to quickly pass a critical defense bill that is currently stalled in the Senate.

The Senate resumes work next week on a massive defense bill, a possible candidate for any effort to rework or undo the cuts.

With debate on a major defense bill scheduled for later this month, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is urging congressional leaders to include a measure that would help military families when a service member is reassigned to a new duty station.

Boutelle earlier said the signing of an indigent defense bill designed to shift costs from counties to the state may have portended some additional funding help for centralized arrangements.

Under the House Defense bill adopted Thursday by the full committee, DOD research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) funding would increase by over $ 10 billion or 14.3 percent above FY 2017 levels, and $ 1.2 billion above what was already a rather robust request.

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, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, cited Sen. Jon TesterJonathan (Jon) TesterOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Not only do we need to support veterans, but their caregivers, too Trump Jr. prepares to hit the campaign trail ahead of midterms MORE's (D - Mont.)

Members of the city prison guards» union are demanding that the union stop paying for the legal defense bills of their troubled former leader, Norman Seabrook.

Two Senate Democrats, Ben Nelson (Neb.) and Jon TesterJonathan (Jon) TesterOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Not only do we need to support veterans, but their caregivers, too Trump Jr. prepares to hit the campaign trail ahead of midterms MORE (Mont.), voted on Tuesday against advancing a $ 447 billion jobs package that included the millionaires» surtax.

In a 89 - 3 vote Monday evening, the Senate agreed to invoke cloture on a motion to proceed with consideration on the national defense bill.

The state Senate voted 61 - 0 to approve the indigent defense bill, which came on the heels of the state Assembly's unanimous approval last Friday.

«Tonight, the Senate is attempting to move forward with the Defense Bill,» Paul said Monday in a tweet.

Rep. Buck McKeon, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has said he would rather pass no defense bill at all than one which doesn't ban marriage for gay and lesbian service members.

If the amendment survives conference committee, Trump would have to agree to sign a defense bill that contains the provision overriding his policy against transgender service.

LGBT rights advocates had expressed concerns with the Blade about seeking to amend the defense bill against the transgender ban, fearing it would provoke a reaction from Republicans who would counter with an amendment codifying the transgender ban.

Instead, they've said they goal is a «clean» defense bill that avoids LGBT issues altogether.

The issue had previously surfaced and the House responded in May by attaching a provision to the defense bill that bans such unions.

The defense bill, meanwhile, is caught in a furious battle sparked by a Republican move to use emergency war funds to try to artificially increase the basic Pentagon budget by $ 16 billion next year.

Phone, fax and email your Senators today to REJECT THE «DREAM ACT» — INSIST THEY USE YOUR VOTE TO VOTE «NO» TO ADDING THIS AMNESTY AMENDMENT TO THE DEFENSE BILL.

The NSA measure was one of several controversial amendments that House Republican leaders allowed to receive votes to the Defense bill, along with measures restricting military aid or action in Egypt and Syria without congressional approval.

GOP leaders allowed the votes in a compromise after Amash and a group of libertarian Republicans threatened to join with Democrats to defeat the rule to the Defense bill on the House floor.

Jon TesterJonathan (Jon) TesterOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Not only do we need to support veterans, but their caregivers, too Trump Jr. prepares to hit the campaign trail ahead of midterms MORE (Mont.): Tester told reporters he won't be supporting Sanders's legislation.

Secretary of State Mike PompeoMichael (Mike) Richard PompeoTrump nominates Pacific Command head as ambassador to South Korea Pompeo called to White House after meeting with Bolton, Haley canceled Overnight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary MORE on Tuesday vowed to put «the interests of the American people first» in his first tweets as the nation's top diplomat.

Sen. Thom TillisThomas (Thom) Roland TillisOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Trump to nominate acting VA secretary to lead department Dem urges House Oversight to subpoena Cambridge Analytica MORE (R-N.C.)

McCain had asked to finish the Senate floor consideration of the defense bill soon, so he could return to Arizona for treatment for the brain cancer diagnosed a week ago.

objected, putting off consideration of the defense bill until next week.

But the GOP has a political problem: Skelos has tapped nearly $ 2 million from his campaign kitty to cover his legal defense bills.

U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney has proposed an amendment to a defense bill that would require the Department of Defense to purchase domestically - sourced stainless steel flatware.

The defense bill must pass this year with language ending «don't ask, don't tell,» these groups said in a joint statement.

Three groups that support lifting the ban - the Palm Center at the University of California at Santa Barbara, OutServe and Knights Out - said Monday that lawmakers should pass the defense bill whether or not it includes language ending «don't ask, don't tell.»

Separately, Maffei takes credit for helping push language through a defense bill that helped preserve about 200 jobs at Lockheed Martin in Salina related to the MEADS missile defense program.

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