Re: Update - Week of September 25th
Conference committees are (in my experience) normally rarely official meetings where differences are ironed out, debated, etc.
Most meetings occur informally or on a staff level where the differences get resolved. Obviously the bigger conflicts must be decided at the member level, but dont expect anything like official meetings of the conference committee daily.
Heck, the last major bill I was involved with the official committee met once to open the conference...we didnt even do an official end, just gathered signatures.
As for holding up a DoD bill on what I'll dub more important matters (obviously not for us, but in the larger scheme)....it is possible members will try and block it, but the political hot potato you are asking for by filibustering anything military/security related probably isnt worth the trouble at this point.
After the elections, perhaps it is less of a concern.
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