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House Passes Final Version Of FY 19 NDAA

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, July 26th, 2018

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House Passes Final Version Of FY 19 NDAA

The House easily passed the final version of the $717 billion fiscal year 2019 defense policy bill Thursday.Lawmakers voted 359-54 to approve the conference report of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) filed cloture on the legislation for a likely vote next week.“This bill continues to reform the Pentagon to help speed up decision-making and get equipment to our warfighters faster," Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said…

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