This year is different. We usually know what to expect. After the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the annual military policy bill, works through the powerful armed services committees in the House and the Senate, it faces a ‘vote-a-rama’ of amendments on everything from culture war issues to foreign military assistance.
When those are all resolved, it goes for a vote and, every year, passes with strong bipartisan majorities. This process has, for the most part, run like a well-oiled machine, with the Pentagon budget growing
more massive with each passing year.
But this year, when the bill advanced from committees, the process stalled.
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