As of mid-afternoon July 17, at least 666 prospective amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) have been filed by senators as the chamber prepares over the next two weeks to deliberate and adopt its version of the proposed $886.3 billion Fiscal Year 2024 United States’ defense budget.
How many will be debated on the floor, however, is uncertain.
“I think you’re going to see a lot of amendments filed, and as usual, we’ll have to figure out which amendments get offered,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) told The Epoch Times. “That’s always a negotiation process. But our hope is to wrap it up before we leave in August.”…