
The U.S. Senate approved its version of the fiscal year 2018 defense authorization bill by an 89-8 vote late Sept. 18, sending the legislation to a conference committee with the House, which passed its bill in July.Conferees have a host of issues to resolve, including what to do about a House provision that would set up a space corps in the Air Force Department. The Senate bill would block that proposal.The Senate bill would authorize $632 billion in base budget…