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$900B defense bill set for House-wide vote as conservative mutiny threat looms

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1 month ago

A wide-ranging bill setting the federal government's defense and national security policy for the fiscal year survived a key hurdle Tuesday night, but questions over whether it will survive a critical House-wide test vote on Wednesday remain.The House Rules Committee voted to advance the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) along party lines after hours of debate, setting up the bill for a chamber-wide vote on Wednesday afternoon around 1:30 p.m.The legislation will dictate how roughly $900 billion of the federal budget will be spent on America's national defense.But with several conserva...