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"The last-minute confrontation is pitting the House's most powerful member against Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John W. Warner (R-Va.), who has said he will not add extraneous measures to the annual defense authorization bill unless they can garner unanimous support from Democrats and Republicans alike."

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possible stupid question... if they can garner unanimous supoprt from Democrats and Repulicans alike why would they even need to attach it to the DoD bill? Couldn't they just spend 3 seconds of floor time to pass whatever stuff on its own?

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nobody wants to take a shot at this?

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it's pretty simple, the amount of time left in the session and the priorities pretty much rule out the debate necessary on the senate floor to pass this bill through regular avenues before the house's term ends and it's version of the bill dies