The Nation - News from Sept. 12, 1985
Dissident House Democrats dropped a threat to scuttle the $302.5-billion defense authorization bill in return for a promise by House leaders that they could add Pentagon procurement reforms to another bill. The agreement was reached after Senate leaders served notice that tampering with the authorization bill produced by a conference committee from competing House and Senate versions would doom the measure.
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