The Senate has just a one-week window to pass a defense authorization bill and confer with the House if lawmakers are to get the bill signed into law by the end of the year--a point of pride for Congress, which has done so for 52 years straight now, but a feat that has little practical impact on the Defense Department. Though technically a government department needs an authorization bill and an appropriations bill to spend money--one to legally allow an…
Force-shaping Special Pays, Bonuses to Expire Dec. 31 if Congress Cannot Pass NDAA
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