WASHINGTON — The Senate finally passed its $913.9 billion version of the fiscal 2026 defense policy bill today, after lawmakers overcame a logjam on amendments that led to the legislation languishing on the floor for more than a month.
Senators voted 77-20 to approve the National Defense Authorization Act, moving the bill forward on a largely bipartisan basis.
Passage of the bill allows the House and Senate armed services committees to kick off the conference process, where lawmakers will hammer out a compromise between each chambers’ respective versions. The House passed its version of the NDAA last month.
Earlier this morning, SASC Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., announced that Republican and Democrat leaders had agreed to debate 17 amendments on the floor,…more
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