The Senate today paved the way for a vote on final passage of the fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill, passing a procedural vote by 84-14 that moves the bill forward.A final vote on the bill will likely happen tomorrow, a committee aide said. The Senate bill authorizes $612 billion in total funds for the Defense Department and certain energy programs, including $38 billion moved from the base budget to the wartime spending account to circumvent mandatory spending caps. Democrats…
