The New York Times
Tue, September 21, 2010 -- 3:07 PM ET
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Military Spending Bill Is Stalled by Procedural Vote in Senate
The Senate on Tuesday voted against taking up a major
military bill that includes a provision allowing the repeal
of the "don't ask, don't tell policy" regarding gay soldiers.
Senate Republicans blocked debate of the bill -- the huge,
annual authorization of military programs -- after the
majority leader, Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada, said he
would attach a number of the Democrats' election-year
priorities to it and also move to limit the amendments to be
offered by Republicans.
The vote was 56 to 43.
Congress has approved the annual Pentagon authorization bill
for 48 consecutive years, and it seems likely that the
measure will be brought up again after the election in the
relatively calmer -- if somewhat unpredictable -- atmosphere
of a lame duck session.
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