Partisan bickering over amendments stalls must-pass defense policy bill

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IT’S ALL THEIR FAULT: In dueling news conferences, the Democratic majority leader and Republican minority leader of the Senate each faulted the other for the failure to reach an agreement on the National Defense Authorization Act, legislation that has passed with bipartisan support for 60 years.

Republicans blocked a vote on the must-pass bill Monday.

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