Senate tees up defense bill vote for Monday

Published September 14, 2017 9:21pm ET



The Senate is expected to vote on its annual defense policy bill on Monday after more than a day of negotiations failed to yield an agreement on several remaining amendments.

Senators voted 84-9 to cut off debate on the $700 billion National Defense Authorization Act and ditch efforts to bring a measure ending sequestration and several other amendments up on the floor. The move could, however, allow some other amendments to be added to the NDAA before passage.

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