Senate

December 16, 2021 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

Washington shouldn’t pat itself on the back for its cybersecurity spending just yet

Excerpt October was “cybersecurity awareness month,” but November and December are shaping up to be cybersecurity spending season on Capitol Hill. Last month, the House approved the Build Back Better...

June 22, 2021 | Craig Singleton |

Fixing Shortcomings in the Senate’s Endless Frontier Legislation

The Senate passed legislation earlier this month aimed at boosting U.S. technological competitiveness with China; however, last-minute changes resulted in significant funding reductions for several of the...

April 7, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

US debunks Berlin leaders’ allegations that it seized 200,000 face masks amid coronavirus pandemic

The U.S. government and German commentators sharply criticized officials in Berlin for manufacturing a scandal, alleging that the Trump administration improperly seized 200,000 face masks destined for...

December 18, 2019 | Bradley Bowman, Mikhael Smits 

Congress Sends Defense Authorization Bill to President

The Senate voted 86-8 on Tuesday to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, sending the bill – which had already passed 377-48 in the House – to the president for...

December 2, 2018 | Tony Badran |

Standing With Saudi Arabia

How President Donald Trump has been forthright about the actual drivers of American policy in the Middle East

June 10, 2018 | Jonathan Schanzer, Nicole Salter

Oman’s Dangerous Double Game

The Obama administration sought to help Iran cash in on the 2015 nuclear deal, a Republican-led Senate investigation revealed last week. The report also raises questions about the role played by...

April 23, 2018 | Alexandra N. Gutowski

The Senate’s Blind Spot on Terrorism in Yemen

On Tuesday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee pressed hard on top administration officials to justif...

April 26, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Texas House of Representatives Unanimously Passes Anti-BDS Bill

The Texas House of Representatives on Thursday unanimously passed legislation that bars the state from doing business with companies involved in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement tar...

March 29, 2017 | Tzvi Kahn |

Congress Ups Ante with New Iran Sanctions

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June 17, 2015 | Sheryl Saperia

In Defence of the Senate

The Senate has faced vociferous attack in recent weeks. Accusations abound that an appointed Senate has no right to dissent from Conservative MP Michael Chong’s Reform Act, which was approv...

September 14, 2011 | Thomas Joscelyn

Guantanamo Recidivism Rate Climbs Higher

During a joint hearing of the Senate and House intelligence committees yesterday, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testified that the recidivism rate for former G...

June 13, 2011 |

FISA Reform: The Bad Bill that Beats No Bill

The Senate bill is bipartisan -- and that's nothing to celebrate.

June 13, 2011 |

FISA Deal on the Horizon?

Aggressive foreign intelligence collection is not just an imperative; it's popular.

May 16, 2011 |

House Goes First with New Iran Sanctions Bill

Both the House and Senate are preparing new legislation to increase pressure on Iran, but the House fired the opening salvo on Monday with a new bill authored by both heads of the Foreign Affairs C...

April 1, 2011 |

How the Most Transparent Administration in History Gets a Transparent Congressional Debate on War in

Greetings from sunny southern California, where I’m nearing the end of a week of speechifying. … Speaking of which, that sure was some senate debate on whether we shou...

April 1, 2011 |

How the Most Transparent Administration in History Gets a Transparent Congressional Debate on War in

Greetings from sunny southern California, where I’m nearing the end of a week of speechifying. … Speaking of which, that sure was some senate debate on whether we shou...

June 23, 2009 |

Senate Considers Amendments to Strengthen Missile Defense

Washington,  D.C. (June 23,  2009)—Bipartisan amendments to be offered today during the Senate Armed Services Committee markup of the defense department authorization bill would s...

July 23, 2008 | National Review Online

Messiah Lies About His Senate Committee Assignment

This guy is going to be harder than Bill Clinton to keep up with.  The next whopper whips along before you have time to wrap your brain around the last one. At Powerline, John Hinde...

March 21, 2007 |

The Inter-Branch Clash Over Fired U.S. Attorneys

From the very start, the Bush administration’s self-induced debacle over fired United States attorneys has blurred law and politics. Now, the blur has officially grown into the fog of inter...

November 1, 2006 | Clifford D. May Scripps Howard News Service

If Democrats Win

According to polls and pundits, voters will soon turn the keys to the House and possibly the Senate over to the Democrats. Less easy to forecast: what that will mean for foreign policy in general...