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Congress

House Expected To Vote On FY 19 NDAA Conference Report Next Week

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, July 19th, 2018

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House Expected To Vote On FY 19 NDAA Conference Report Next Week

The House is expected to vote next week on a conference report that settles differences between its version of the fiscal year 2019 defense policy bill and the Senate’s legislation.House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will bring the report on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to the House floor for consideration ahead of an original July 27 deadline set by House and Senate Armed Services Committee leadership.NDAA conferees began meeting last Wednesday, with the goal of settling differences between…

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