The Senate could pass its annual defense policy bill as soon as Thursday after the legislation was stalled for more than a month.

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) secured an agreement to vote on 17 standalone amendments, a manager’s package of nearly 50 less controversial amendments, and final passage for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Party leaders are still to determine when that would take place.

“We’ve got about 18 amendment votes that we could start today and finish today,” Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters Thursday.

The deal revives passage of the NDAA, which came to the Senate floor in early September but has seen little movement since. Action on the bill was stalled as all 100 senators must agree to hold votes on am

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