Senate Democrats have blocked the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act in response to the war in Iran, the New York Times reported.  

The vote fell short of the required 60 votes, mostly along party lines. 

“Republicans want the Senate to take up the NDAA as though none of this is happening,” Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, said on the Senate floor. “As though Congress can debate the nation’s central national security bill while ignoring the nation’s most urgent national security crisis. We cannot.” 

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