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• Army resists immediate end to gay ban (02/23/10)
  In congressional testimony, officials recommended against a moratorium on discharging known homosexual service members until a review of "don't ask, don't tell" is completed.
• Panel will study impact of gay ban repeal on military (02/02/10)
  Group will study a range of issues, including any changes to benefits, base housing and personnel policies that would be made necessary by repealing the law.
• Pentagon leaders set to testify on 'don't ask, don't tell' (01/29/10)
  Hearing comes less than one week after President Obama's State of the Union speech, in which he pledged to end the policy.
• Problems remain in Homeland Security oversight (01/26/10)
  Co-chairmen of the 9/11 Commission say "fractured and overlapping" congressional committee jurisdiction continues to be an issue.
• Official: Terrorist watch list system is too bureaucratic (01/20/10)
  Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair wants to make it easier to target people for secondary screening at airports.
• Report calls for overhaul of presidential transition process (01/13/10)
  Observers say political objections could make reforms difficult.
• Senate on track to approve health bill (12/21/09)
  Chamber is expected to hold a series of votes this week on the legislation, with final passage expected on Dec. 24.
• Senate sends omnibus spending measure to Obama's desk (12/14/09)
  Package contains six appropriations bills that Congress ran out of time to pass individually.
• Senate leader files cloture on spending bill with 2 percent pay raise (12/11/09)
  Vote on the nearly $450 billion fiscal 2010 spending omnibus package is scheduled for Sunday.
• GOP senators: $7 billion wasted in stimulus (12/08/09)
  Sen. John McCain blames insufficient provisions for oversight, cost control and competition.
• Lawmakers eye Afghanistan withdrawal date, funding (12/02/09)
  Senate panel holds the first in a series of congressional hearings on Obama's decision to deploy 30,000 more troops.
• Obama's missile plan clears hurdle (11/24/09)
  Senate approves language allowing the Pentagon to use $68.5 million in unspent fiscal 2009 funds to build a Hawaii test facility for the Navy's Aegis Weapons System.
• Senate approves Commerce-Justice-Science spending bill, appoints conferees (11/06/09)
  The $64.9 billion legislation includes $27.38 billion for the Justice Department.
• Senate clears Interior bill, stopgap funding (10/30/09)
  Legislation includes about $11 billion for Interior Department programs and $10.3 billion for the EPA.
• Senate again rejects C-17 cut, approves spending bill (10/07/09)
  House and Senate appropriators already have been working quietly for weeks to resolve differences in the two chambers' versions of the defense bill.
• Authorizers agree to end F-22 program (10/07/09)
  The $680 billion Defense authorization bill is expected to pass both chambers and move to President Obama's desk in the next several days.
• Key authorizers back second F-35 engine (10/06/09)
  House-Senate agreement on the fighter jet engine could provoke the Obama administration to follow through on a veto threat.
• Senate breaks with Obama, favors buying more C-17s (10/01/09)
  The White House strongly opposes the addition of the cargo planes, but has stopped short of threatening a veto over the program.
• Obama signs bill to keep agencies running (10/01/09)
  Continuing resolution gives Congress an extra month to pass individual appropriations measures.
• Border fence, detainee issues dominate debate (10/01/09)
  Final Homeland Security spending bill likely will not include funding for physical fencing along the Southwest border, but is expected to include language regarding the transfer of Guantanamo detainees to the United States.