After Senate Republicans on Thursday shot down a secondary amendment that would authorize an additional $18 billion in nondefense funding, Democrats responded in kind, helping to defeat a measure that would have added $18 billion to the defense authorization bill for services’ unfunded requirements—including more troops and weapons.The failure of both amendments means that the Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act will remain at a topline of $602 billion, with about $524 billion in defense base expenses and…
