Re: Update - Week of September 25th
Good to hear you're watching C-SPAN -- a very good, direct source for what's going on at any moment in the House and Senate.
The thing you raised is an easy one to screw up. I'll bet the announcer said the Defense Appropriations bill is coming up soon in the House, not the Defense Authorization bill. Sometimes even Washington insiders mix the two up, and I think you heard one and thought another when you were watching CSPAN. The first one, the appropriations, provides the money. The second one, the authorization, sets a plan to spend that money. Only the first one is actually needed, since DoD will come up with a plan if we don't tell them one via law.
Frist wants to attach the gambling bill to the second one -- the authorization -- and as far as I know that one is still in a holding pattern and unlikely to hit the floor any time in the immediate future. As always, this is subject to change...
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