Ain’t the General Government Spending Bill….
Those Bill’s are non-starters….
Now the House and Senate hammer out a final identical bill for final passage…
The Senate approved its massive annual defense policy bill late Thursday as the U.S. government remains shut down.
The GOP-led chamber approved the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 70-20, aiming to fund the U.S. military at $924.7 billion in fiscal 2026. The vote came after lawmakers reached a deal earlier in the day to unlock the stalled legislation.
“We simply cannot delay this process any longer,” Wicker said on the Senate floor. “Let me make it clear: If we do not bring this to the floor today, this matter will not have time for deliberation on the Senate floor, and we’ll have to basically pretend that we’re having a conference between House and Senate members, and a very small group of senators will have to write this bill and bring it to the floor for final passage. That’s not the way this ought to be done.”
Votes were held throughout Thursday evening, during which senators blew through more than a dozen partisan amendments and the 50 add-ons before moving the bill….
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