On May 18th, the US House of Representatives approved a Defense Bill that will allocate roughly 600 billion USD for the military budget in 2017. This sum of money, supplied by the American taxpayer, gives the US imperial apparatus the funds necessary to continue its program of endless warfare. While the GOP holds a majority in the House, the Democratic ...

The Senate is expected to wrap up consideration of the annual defense bill next week before moving on to how to fund the military. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., filed cloture on the National Defense Authorization bill (NDAA) on June 11 in a bid to get through it this coming week. The Senate is expected to vote early next week on ...