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Senate agrees to final defense bill that outspends Biden’s budget request

By Mike Brest
Published December 7, 2021 7:09pm ET
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Senate agrees to final defense bill that outspends Biden’s budget request
This photo taken July 23, 2013, show the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Congress returns to work this week with a relatively short and simple agenda, vote to keep the government operating in the short term, then return home to campaign. National security threats from Islamic State militants and Russian aggression in Ukraine loom large, but September's session may be too short for lawmakers to do anything but talk about them. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services committees have reached an agreement on the stalled defense funding bill.

The committees’ leaders announced the final framework of the National Defense Authorization Act on Tuesday. It authorizes $740 billion for the Department of Defense, which is $25 billion more than President Joe Biden sought, and another $27.8 billion for nuclear weapon activities that technically fall under the Department of Energy, according to a summary of the final legislation.

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