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Reed Wants To Pass Senate NDAA in September; Bill Needs Reconciling With House Version

Reed Wants To Pass Senate NDAA in September; Bill Needs Reconciling With House Version
Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), the ranking member on the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), the chair of SASC. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

The Senate may not pass its big defense policy bill before voters decide who controls Congress in November’s midterm elections, the head of the chamber’s Armed Services Committee said Wednesday at an industry conference. Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) is “pushing hard” to get the chamber’s 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed before lawmakers bill before lawmakers leave Washington in October. “I’d like to say it's a certainty but I can’t say that,” Reed said Wednesday in Arlington, Va., at…

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