
The House on Thursday passed the conference report of the fiscal year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, paving the way for a Senate vote next week.However, even if the NDAA survives a vote in the Senate, President Barack Obama has threatened to veto any defense bill that exceeds the spending caps mandated by the Budget Control Act of 2011. The bill, passed 270-156, fell 20 votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to override a presidential veto.The conference report provides…