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| | Defense | 1952 |
| | Defense | 1954 |
| | Defense | 1955 |
| | Air Force Funds Raised in Defense Bill | 1956 |
| | Defense Funds | 1957 |
| | Defense Appropriation | 1959 |
| | Congress Increases Kennedy Defense Budget | 1961 |
| | $15 Billion Defense Program Authorized | 1963 |
| | Congress Cuts Defense Funds $1.8 Billion | 1963 |
| | Defense Appropriations Drop to $46 Billion | 1964 |
| | Defense Funds Include $1.7 Billion for Viet Nam | 1965 |
| | Largest Defense Bill Since 1943 Passed | 1966 |
| | Defense Bill is Largest Money Measure Ever Enacted | 1967 |
| | Largest Fund Bill Provides Defense $71.9 Billion | 1968 |
| | Biggest Cut Made in Defense Funds Since Fiscal 1954 | 1969 |
| | Defense Funds: Reductions Continue for Second Year | 1970 |
| | Defense Appropriations: $70.5-Billion for Fiscal 1972 | 1971 |
| | Congress Approves Record Defense Appropriations Bill | 1972 |
| | Congress Clears $73.7-Billion Defense Appropriation | 1973 |
| | Congress Sends Ford $82.6-Billion Defense Bill | 1974 |
| | Fiscal 1974 Defense Supplemental | 1974 |
| | $90.5-Billion Defense Funding Bill Approved | 1975 |
| | Military Procurement: $25.5-Billion Provided | 1975 |
| | Congress Approves $104.3-Billion Defense Bill | 1976 |
| | Defense Funds: $117.3 Billion | 1978 |
| | Congress Votes Hefty Increases for Defense | 1980 |
| | Defense Bill Makes Most of Reagan's Cuts | 1981 |
| | Reagan Defense Plan Given Final Approval | 1981 |
| | Defense Bill Cuts 7 Percent, Removing Funding for the MX Missile Program | 1982 |
| | Strategic Arms Top List of Defense Cuts | 1982 |
| | $187.5 Billion Set for Defense Buildup | 1983 |
| | Budget Passed for Reagan Defense Buildup, With Funding for Chemical Weapons Denied | 1983 |
| | Congress Authorizes $219 Billion for Defense | 1984 |
| | For Defense, $274.4 Billion in Fiscal 1985 | 1984 |
| | Congress Authorizes $302.5 Billion for Defense | 1985 |
| | Congress Cuts Budget by More Than $55 Billion | 1985 |
| | Pentagon's Purchasing Power Drops with Reduced Defense Funds | 1985 |
| | Congress Authorizes $217.4 Billion for Defense | 1986 |
| | Congress OKs Nation's First $1 Trillion Budget | 1986 |
| | Pentagon Buying Power Falls for Second Year | 1986 |
| | $13 Billion Pared from '88 Pentagon Spending | 1987 |
| | Congress Tightens, Reshapes Defense Budget | 1987 |
| | After an Impasse, Defense Bill Becomes Law | 1988 |
| | Pentagon Money Bill Sticks to ‘Summit’ Script | 1988 |
| | Lawmakers Drag Feet On Cutting Weapons | 1989 |
| | Congress Cuts Bush Defense Request | 1990 |
| | Defense Spending Held to $288 Billion | 1990 |
| | No Rush To Restructure Military | 1991 |
| | $254 Billion Defense Bill Clears | 1992 |
| | Congress Ups Defense Conversion Spending | 1992 |
| | Pentagon Gets Most of Its Wish List | 1992 |
| | $261 Billion Authorized for Defense | 1993 |
| | Defense Funding Drops by $12.6 Billion | 1993 |
| | Congress Backs Clinton's Plans To Hold the Line on Defense | 1994 |
| | Defense Bill Mirrors Request | 1994 |
| | Defense Bill Enacted Despite Objections | 1995 |
| | Goal of Boosting Defense Budget Eludes GOP Lawmakers | 1995 |
| | Clinton Signs Defense Bill Despite Budget Increase | 1996 |
| | Clinton Signs Defense Bill Despite Veto Threat | 1997 |
| | Congress Backs Off on B-2, Bosnia | 1997 |
| | Defense Authorization Calls For Reduced Force Size, Trims Anti-Missile Spending | 1998 |
| | Defense Bill Clears Minus ‘Readiness’ Funds; Clinton Looks to Supplemental | 1998 |
| | Accounting Tricks Exempt $21 Billion of Defense Bill From Spending Caps | 1999 |
| | Congress Adds Little To Defense Request Despite Criticism of Clinton Policies | 2000 |
| | Lawmakers Camouflage Some Defense Funds As “Emergency” Spending | 2000 |
| | Congress Backs Defense Buildup | 2002 |
| | Lengthy Debate on Defense Bill | 2004 |
| | New Weapons Programs Take Hit | 2006 |
| | $430.6 Billion Enacted For Defense | 2007 |
| | Defense Authorization Measure Largest Enacted Since World War II | 2007 |
| | Democrats Boost VA Program Funds | 2007 |
| | War Funding, Minus Timelines, Enacted | 2007 |
| | War Funds Bill Includes Disaster Aid | 2007 |
| | President Vetoes War Supplemental | 2007 |
| | Defense Gets Full Year of Funding | 2008 |
| | President Prevails on War Funding | 2008 |
| | $636.4 Billion Defense Bill Clears | 2009 |
| | Wars Require Second Supplemental | 2009 |
| | Obama Turns Back Spending Measure | 2009 |
| | Defense Authorization Survives Setbacks to Reach President's Desk | 2010 |
| | Defense Accounts Grow Despite Cap | 2011 |
| | More Money, More Weapons OK'd After Debates on Detainees, Biofuels | 2012 |
| | Defense authorization, slowed by partisan fights, clears under wire | 2013 |
| | Pentagon Gets Some Sequester Relief | 2013 |
| | Defense Authorization, Slowed by Partisan Fights, Clears Under Wire | 2014 |
| | Pentagon Gains a Limited Advantage | 2014 |
| | Defense Authorization Agreement Helped by Increases in Budget Deal | 2015 |
| | DOD Spending Is Half of the Omnibus | 2015 |
| | Defense Authorization Bill Passed With Few Contentious Provisions | 2016 |
| | Defense: Defense Bill Draws on Pentagon Wishes | 2016 |
| | $692.1 Billion Defense Authorization Increases ‘End Strength,’ Adds Warships | 2017 |
| | Defense: Pentagon Bill Goes Sans Senate Markup | 2017 |