The Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee has rejected approximately $140 million in Pentagon reprogramming requests, according to congressional documents. The Pentagon sent a $4.4 billion fiscal year 2014 omnibus reprogramming request to Congress in July asking to transfer $885 million into modernization efforts. All four congressional defense committees must unanimously approve Defense Department reprogramming requests or they cannot proceed. The notable rejections from Senate appropriators include $33 million for the Air Force's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle and $23 million for F-22...
