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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch, R-Idaho, stand together during a meeting with visiting Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 27, 2023. Before adjourning for the August recess, the two leaders worked to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)While the national defense bill typically passes with widespread bipartisan support, the House bill was passed on a largely party-line vote of 219 to 210. Four Democrats crossed the aisle to vote with Republicans and four GOP members voted against the bill.
Originally published at CNN