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judicial and executive nominations. on c-span, use here 2. senate on c c-span here is more from a capitol hill reporter. >> connor o'brien is a defense reporter for politico. this is an authorization bill. remind us of what that means and why it is important. >> it is an authorization or policy that doesn't spend any money but it is one of the really big bills, one of the few major bills that passes congress reliably each year. it lays out what the defense budget should look like for the coming fiscal year, how big the military should be, how many fighters, troops, ships the military should have and the pay raise our troops get. that will be the center of this debate this coming week. the house armed services committee approved in committee

after a 21-hour committee last month and we are looking at some spirited debate, i think, on the house floor. host: what are some of the key provisions you can tell us about in this year's bill? connor: sure. the highlights of the house version of the bill is it would authorize about 733 billion dollars for the pentagon across its budget for war operations as well as nuclear weapons programs. that is about $17 billion left -- less than what the administration wanted and a sticking point between democrats and republicans in the house. it also notably blocks the military from deploying this new class of low yield nuclear weapons that would be submarine launched. that is a big democratic priority. it blocks the military from funding a border wall or border barriers in opposition to

president trump's policy. it would create notably a rare alignment with the trump administration and create a new military service based around space to kind of get the prioritize better space issues. host: this is the house version. tell us about actions taken already in the senate and how it compares to the house version. connor: sure, so in the senate, the senate last week approved its version of the defense authorization bill with overwhelming support. there weren't a lot of amendments on the floor, just based on an inability to agree on that. there are some pretty key differences with the house bill. republicans in the senate want to spend $750 billion on national defense for the coming year. it doesn't have a lot of those restrictions that democrats want to place on funding for a border

wall or allowing the transfer of detainees to guantanamo bay, from guantanamo bay to the united states, i'm sorry. democrats had also pushed for a vote on an amendment to limit president trump's ability to take military action against iran without congressional authorization. eventually got that vote. it failed, so that is not in the bill. however, that is expected to be a major issue of debate on the house floor this coming week and could be an issue in the conference committee if it is, in fact, adopted. host: how do you eventually see the house and senate coming to some kind of agreement, especially when you already have division among the democrats in the house and also republicans who want much more funding? connor: in the house, it looks

o be a very narrow road of passage. republicans do not seem keen on supporting this bill. they have a lot of issues with it. in committee last month, all but two republicans opposed this bill. it doesn't appear there are going to be many changes to the bill that are going to bring them on board, like increasing the budget or changing provisions related to the border or guantánamo or nuclear weapons. i've talked to the house armed services chairman adam smith about this and he has said he can't count on -- while he is working with republicans, he can't count on a lot of support from them so it looks like democrats will have to pass this primarily with democrats, maybe some republicans. that means making some concessions to progressives, a big one will be an iran amendment. the congressman with the

republican matt gates from florida has an amendment with a lawmakers from both parties to kind of stymie trump's ability to take military action against iran. barbara lee from california has an amendment to reduce the overall spending in the bill back down to the current levels at about $16 billion. they are going to try, it seems, give progressives some votes on these. but right now there is -- particularly after last week's supplemental fiasco where rogressives were irate after nancy pelosi took the senate's version of the bill after they progressives get onboard. you've got to imagine it is going to be tough for progressives to want to support a bill that is $733 billion, which is far above anything they want or would support.

host: appreciate it and your insights. we will continue to follow you on twitter @connorobriennh and reporting on politico.com. thanks so much. connor: thank you. in 1979, a small unusual name had a big idea. their own make up minds. bringing you unfiltered content from congress and beyond. changed in 40 years. bigger hat big idea is than ever. on television and online, c-span is your unfiltered view of so you can make up your own mind. announcer: coming up tonight on pat n, this week on q & a, buchanan, columnist and former visor to ter and ormer president richard nixon

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