'Fiscal Conservatives' Make Their Priorities Clear With Defense Bill

On Monday night, the Senate overwhelmingly passed the 2018 defense policy bill, a package worth nearly $700 billion. The bill sailed through the chamber with broad bipartisan support, as Republican senators were simultaneously weighing a last-ditch effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act before the window to do so with a simple majority closes next week.

The defense spending bill,

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