Late last night Senators Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and Richard Shelby (R-AL) introduced a bipartisan FY2013 Continuing Resolution (CR) as a replacement for the version that passed the House last week. …
The primary mission for NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover was to determine if Mars was habitable in the past. Today NASA answered that question: yes. Curiosity drilled into a rock near …
For the first time in nearly a century, Congress will kick off the year’s budget process this week rather than the President. The National Journal tracks back the history of …
The following events may be of interest in the week ahead. The House and Senate both are in session. During the Week Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), chair of the Senate …
Adm. Harold (Hal) Gehman (Ret.), chairman of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) that determined the cause of the 2003 space shuttle STS-107 Columbia tragedy, says that he does not …
President Obama should have submitted his FY2014 budget request to Congress in February, but the latest rumor is that it will be delayed until the first week of April. By …
If you haven’t had your morning laugh yet, you might want to watch this Stephen Colbert segment. It’s his take on the announcement by Dennis Tito et al of the …
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) today charged that there have been security violations at NASA’s Langley Research Center (LaRC) in Hampton, VA that resulted in a Chinese national obtaining sensitive information. Wolf previously …
The House passed the full-year Continuing Resolution (CR) this afternoon by a vote of 267-151. Many Democrats spoke against the bill because it holds non-defense agencies to their funding levels …
The House will vote on the new full-year FY2013 Continuing Resolution (CR) tomorrow morning, a day earlier than planned. The full-year CR, H.R. 933, was introduced on Monday. An accompanying explanatory …