Pandemic Politics Hold Up Gazillion-Dollar Defense Bill
For 61 years, the two parties have agreed on an annual defense-policy bill. It could fail this year as Republicans bend to their anti-vaxx base.
One of the very few bipartisan traditions still standing in Congress is the annual passage of a defense authorization bill setting policy for the Pentagon and national security strategy generally. Despite all sorts of partisan tensions and efforts to take the bill hostage, this has happened for <... More »