Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (D-Ky.) were unclear about what red lines their parties have in the $876.8 billion annual defense policy bill.
The Democrat-controlled Senate began on July 19 to vote on what will be a total of 51 amendments—21 each from Democrats and Republicans and nine bipartisan ones—to the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
The voting is set to go into next week.
When asked by The Epoch Times what the red lines are for Senate Democrats in the NDAA, Mr. Schumer demurred.
“The bottom line is that we want to get this done without amendments that undo the bill, are dilatory in any way,” he said. “So far our Republican colleagues are cooperating.”…