Senate passes key defense policy bill 98-0
Senate passes key defense policy bill 98-0
The Senate on Tuesday passed a massive, wide-ranging defense authorization bill that restores threatened Pentagon biofuels programs, issues new sanctions against Iran and changes U.S. detention policy for American citizens.
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed the Senate unanimously 98-0 after the bill was debated for five days and hundreds of amendments were considered on the floor.
The defense bill always enjoys broad bipartisan support, but the unanimous vote highlighted the lack of controversial issues this year that have made the bill sometimes divisive in past years.
Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) said before the vote for passage that he was “so proud our committee could keep the tradition of passing for 51 times a defense authorization bill.”
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