The Senate on Monday cleared a key procedural hurdle toward passing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), teeing up a final vote in the coming days before Congress wraps up its work for

The U.S. Senate on Monday voted overwhelmingly to advance an $895 billion bill setting policy for the Pentagon toward passage as soon as Tuesday, which would send it to the White House for President Joe Biden to sign into law.

Fourteen Democratic senators will introduce an amendment to remove language from Congress’ defense spending bill that seeks to ban coverage of gender-affirming care for trans children of servicemembers,

The U.S. Senate on Monday voted to advance an $895 billion bill setting policy for the Pentagon toward passage as soon as Tuesday, which would send it to the White House for President Joe Biden to sign into law.

The Senate will take a procedural vote Monday on the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act with energy, environment and climate provisions. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) similarly set up action on the “Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act.” Both bills passed the House with broad support.

The Senate teed up a “very busy week” by voting Monday to advance a major annual defense bill, overcoming rifts over spending levels and transgender policy to keep the must-pass bill on track for President Biden’s signature.

An annual military spending bill that New Mexico's federal laboratories and military installations rely on is expected to be taken up by the U.S. Senate this week. The $895 billion National Defense Authorization Act would provide $2.