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Senate Passes NDAA, Sends It To President’s Desk

Pat Host

Thursday, December 8th, 2016

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Senate Passes NDAA, Sends It To President’s Desk

The Senate on Thursday passed the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill, sending it to President Barack Obama’s desk for signature into law.The vote was 92-7. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) voted against the bill. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) abstained. The House passed the bill earlier in the week. The bill authorizes $619 billion for defense. This includes $60 billion in overseas contingency operations…

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