
It took about 18 hours for the House Armed Services Committee to pass the defense authorization bill, but that could be a breeze compared to getting it through the House itself.Only two of HASC’s 62 members voted against the fiscal year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1735), but that bipartisan support seems to be waning. Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-Wash.), who originally voted for the NDAA in committee, announced Wednesday that he would not vote for the bill on…