
The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) on Thursday approved 27-3 its version of a fiscal year 2016 spending bill that provides nearly $334 million less for Commercial Crew than NASA requested, according to a statement from committee Republicans.The bill is now available for consideration by the Senate. Sens. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Armed Services Committee (SASC) Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-R.I.) voted against sending the bill to the Senate floor.The full committee basically approved the same bill the…