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Clock Ticking On Defense Bills In Congress

Julie Samuel

Wednesday, July 11th, 2012

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Lawmakers are continuing to work on multiple defense bills this month, though they said yesterday some of them may not be resolved until September at the earliest. Of the four Pentagon budget bills between the House and Senate--the authorization and appropriations measures in each chamber--only the House version of the policy-setting authorization legislation has been approved. The bills all guide Pentagon spending and activities for fiscal year 2013, which starts Oct. 1. The Senate Appropriations Defense subcommittee (SAC-D) will mark up its…

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