Defense gets a big win in the Senate despite Chuckie

Senate approves $901B defense package amid boat strike, airspace debates

The Senate just pushed through a massive defense bill that’s got more drama than a reality TV finale.

On Wednesday, the Senate voted 77-20 in a bipartisan show of force to pass the National Defense Authorization Act, a whopping $901 billion package, sending it straight to President Donald Trump for his signature, as Fox News reports.

This annual bill, typically a snooze-fest of routine funding for defense priorities, hit some serious turbulence this year with contentious provisions sparking heated debates in both the House and Senate.

One sticking point was a provision rolling back safety measures in Washington, D.C., airspace, especially contentious after a tragic collision earlier this year between a Black Hawk helicopter and a passenger jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, which claimed 67 lives.

Chuck Schumer wasn't the least bit happy. Is he ever?

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Years back, Obama vetoed this Act.