This week in Congress: US Senate debates Pentagon spending bill

Military Times: The Senate will take up the annual defense spending bill, part of a package that includes other government spending, amid hopes to see it quickly become law — but Congress could still muck it up.

Finalizing appropriations before the end of the fiscal year, Sept. 30, would avert the need for a stopgap spending measure and give lawmakers who are running in the midterms bragging rights ahead of Election Day, Nov. 8. (Stopgap continuing resolutions have been the norm for years, but they disrupt new acquisition programs.)

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