July 08, 2016, 12:02 am
Senate Democrats block defense spending bill
By Jordain Carney
Senate Democrats blocked a Defense Department spending bill on Thursday night, marking the third appropriations bill derailed in recent weeks.
Senators voted 50-44 on moving forward with a House-passed military spending bill, which would have been used a vehicle for the Senate's own legislation. Sixty votes were needed to move forward and formally start debate.
Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) and Joe Donnelly (Ind.) bucked their party and supported the measure.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) also voted against the legislation, a procedural move that allows him to bring it back up for another vote.
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