The potential for debate over several politically sensitive issues -- including abortion -- and a full legislative agenda make it unlikely that the Senate will take up its fiscal 2011 defense authorization bill (S 3454) before the August recess, CQ Today reports. With midterm elections approaching, senators might seek to avoid debate on the bill's most "politically charged" provisions, including an amendment that would allow female military personnel to obtain abortion care at military hospitals if they used private funds, CQ Today reports (Donnelly, CQ Today, 7/9)...
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