The Senate overwhelmingly approved a compromise $768 billion defense policy bill on Wednesday, sending a bipartisan rebuke of President Joe Biden's original Pentagon request back to him for his signature.
The upper chamber voted 89-10 to pass the National Defense Authorization Act. The blowout comes just over a week after the House approved the final defense bill.
Biden is expected to sign the measure, despite Congress' endorsement of a $25 billion increase to defense spending the administration didn't request.
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