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House Re-Passes FY 2018 Defense Appropriations Bill

By Marc Selinger

Tuesday, January 30th, 2018

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House Re-Passes FY 2018 Defense Appropriations Bill

Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee

The House of Representatives voted, 250-166, Jan. 30 to re-pass its version of the fiscal year 2018 defense appropriations bill.The $658.1-billion measure originally received House approval last year but failed to advance to a conference with the gridlocked Senate, which never voted on its $651-billion version. “It is past time that this essential, must-pass funding bill for our military be enacted into law," said Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas), who chairs the House Appropriations Committee's defense panel.Without enactment of a compromise defense bill and…

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