Paul-Graham standoff threatens to derail Senate defense bill amendments
by Travis J. Tritten
June 13, 2018 05:49 PM The legislative standoff between Sens. Rand Paul and Lindsey Graham continued Wednesday evening and threatened to derail amendments to the Senate’s annual defense policy bill.
Paul objected to a batch of proposed amendments on the chamber floor, as Graham stood firm in blocking the Kentucky Republican’s legislation prohibiting the indefinite detention of citizens accused of terrorism.
The $716 billion must-pass bill has been on the Senate floor since last week but remains stalled due to the dispute. Sen. Jim Inhofe, the senior Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee who is shepherding the bill’s passage, warned that it may now be passed without any votes on the hundreds of filed amendments.
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