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Congress OKs Temp Budget, Ignores NDAA Before Recessing

Julie Samuel

Monday, September 24th, 2012

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The Senate passed a temporary six-month government budget early Saturday morning, just before senators recessed until November. They did not pass a separate Pentagon policy bill in time for the start of the new fiscal year. The Senate approved and sent to the White House on a continuing resolution that will fund the Pentagon and rest of the federal government from the start of fiscal year 2013, on Oct. 1, through March 27, 2013. The House passed the CR Sept. 13 and President Barack Obama plans to sign…

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