Senate Armed Services Committee leaders said today they might attempt to attach the fiscal year 2006 defense authorization bill as an amendment to the FY-06 appropriations measure. However, they must first pare down the 200 proposed amendments to the authorization measure under an agreement reached with Senate appropriators. Sens. John Warner (R-VA) and Carl Levin (D-MI), the authorization panel's chairman and ranking member, today approached Senate Appropriations Committee leaders about employing the highly unusual tactic. The move would allow the...
