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Congress Begins Conference Process for FY ’16 Defense Authorization Bill

Valerie Insinna

Thursday, June 25th, 2015

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The House and Senate kicked off the reconciliation process for the fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill today.This morning, the Senate struck a section of the National Defense Authorization Act that fell under the purview of the Senate Finance Committee, allowing Congress to move the bill forward into conference.The chairmen of the House and Senate defense committees, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), have said they are hopeful that they will be able to agree on a…

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