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Congress

Senate Strikes Biofuels Limits From Defense Bill

Julie Samuel

Thursday, November 29th, 2012

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The Senate started debating the defense authorization bill yesterday, when it voted to support the Pentagon’s alternative-energy efforts and waded through sundry amendments on topics including an East Coast missile defense site and C-23 aircraft. The Pentagon policy-setting legislation covers fiscal year 2013, which started Oct. 1. The chamber was able to take it up after Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) stopped a blockade of the bill, because he was assured a debate--which started yesterday--on a controversial amendment regarding U.S. citizens…

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