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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) filed cloture on the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act Dec. 12, allowing for lawmakers to vote to advance the $738 billion authorizing bill Dec. 16. He confirmed in his Thursday morning remarks on the floor that the Senate will pass the bill "next week." The Senate will vote Monday afternoon to limit debate and advance the NDAA, and is expected to pass the bill soon thereafter on a largely bipartisan basis. President…
