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Air Force

SASC Cuts $21B From DoD Policy Bill

Julie Samuel

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

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The Senate could debate the delayed Pentagon policy bill as soon as this week, after the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) revised the legislation yesterday by cutting $21 billion in funding authorization and changing controversial detainee-related language. The committee marked up a second version of the fiscal year 2012 defense authorization bill yesterday behind closed doors and approved it by a 26-0 vote. The SASC’s initial bill, passed back in June, cut authorization for $6 billion from the Pentagon’s $671 billion base and…

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