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Senate votes to move forward on defense policy bill over Dems’ objections

By Jacqueline Klimas
Published May 25, 2016 4:43pm ET
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Senate votes to move forward on defense policy bill over Dems’ objections
"There's no need for further delay from our Democratic colleagues," McConnell said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) | Evan Vucci

The Senate unanimously voted on Wednesday to move forward on the fiscal 2017 defense policy bill, despite Democratic objections that they did not have enough time to read the lengthy bill that they say is chock full of senators’ pet projects.

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