Overview

• Senators broke the impasse by agreeing to votes on 17 standalone amendments and a manager’s package of roughly 50 items.
• The chamber repealed the 1991 and 2002 Iraq war authorizations by voice vote.
• Efforts to block retrofitting a Qatari‑donated 747 as a future Air Force One and to restrict National Guard deployments to U.S. cities were rejected.
• The bill expands Pentagon counter‑drone authorities and extends the prohibition on retiring B‑1 bombers through fiscal 2030.
• The package includes an authorization reported at $500 million for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative in 2026, and negotiators must now reconcile a roughly $30 billion topline gap with the House as a federal shutdown threatens near‑term military pay.