The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to pass the fiscal 2024 defense policy bill, setting up the sprawling, $886.3 billion National Defense Authorization Act for House consideration Thursday.
Senators adopted the conference report by a 87-13 tally. The vote came after the legislation cleared a couple of final hurdles, including a Democratic hold on the 3,000-page NDAA conference report and a protest of the bill’s four-month extension of a controversial surveillance authority.
But ultimately, the compromise plan secured strong bipartisan support on the floor in a passage vote that came a week after the language was first released.
