20.12.2013 - 07:59 [ Defense News ]

Pentagon Policy Bill Clears Final Hurdle; Final Vote This Week

With cloture invoked, a 30-hour clock is running. After it expires, the chamber will hold a final vote on the defense bill. Fifty-one votes are needed to pass it, and none of the chamber’s 53 Democrats has signaled a vote against it, meaning it’s almost certainly headed to President Barack Obama’s desk.

Whether that will happen on Thursday or Friday is unclear.