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Congress

House Sends Senate Final DoD Policy Bill

Julie Samuel

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

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The House passed the final defense authorization last night, as President Barack Obama’s administration relented on its veto threat despite continued questions about military-detainee language. House and Senate negotiators filed the compromise bill Monday night, saying they believed tweaks they made to military-detainee provisions in it would quash a veto threat from the White House. The House passed the bill via a 283-136 vote last night, sending it to the Senate for final vote, after the Obama administration relented on its veto…

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