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Budget

Senate Passes NDAA Moments Before Democrats Block Appropriations Bill

Valerie Insinna

Thursday, June 18th, 2015

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During the three-week debate on the National Defense Authorization Act—which mostly centered on whether to boost the military budget through wartime funding—Senate Democrats vowed to stymie the defense appropriations bill unless the GOP agreed to begin budget negotiations. Today they made good on that threat, approving the NDAA in a bipartisan 71-25 vote but blocking the spending bill from coming to the floor.The motion to proceed with the appropriations bill failed in a 50-45 vote that needed the support of…

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