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Annual defense policy
Data as of August 8, 2026
What Congress is deciding
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Before Congress is S. 4784, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, now on the Senate's floor calendar. On July 27, 2026, a motion to proceed to consideration of the measure was made in the Senate. Earlier, on July 14, 2026, the Senate did not invoke cloture — the procedural step that ends debate and allows a final vote — on the motion to proceed, 50 to 46; the motion was later renewed. As described in its plain-language headline, the bill sets troop levels, pay raises, and weapons buys. A yes vote would move this defense policy measure forward toward passage. A no vote would leave the current motion to proceed unresolved and the measure without further Senate action at this time. Press coverage of the bill has been neutral across three outlets.
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August 8, 2026Nothing recorded yet today.
July 26 – August 7, 2026Nothing recorded across 13 days.
July 14, 2026
- VoteS. 4784
Cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 4784 was not invoked on July 14, 2026, by a vote of 50-46 (Record Vote No. 195).
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- Floor actionS. 4784
A motion to reconsider the vote on cloture for S. 4784 (Record Vote No. 195) was entered on July 14, 2026.
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June 24, 2026
- Floor actionS. 4784
A cloture motion on the motion to proceed to S. 4784 was presented in the Senate on June 24, 2026.
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June 15, 2026
- Floor actionS. 4784
S. 4784 was placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders as Calendar No. 436 on June 15, 2026.
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2027 defense policy bill sets troop levels, pay raises, weapons buys
A yes vote on the motion to proceed would allow the Senate to take up S. 4784 for consideration. A no vote would leave the measure without further floor action beyond its current placement on the calendar. The bill currently sits on the Senate's floor calendar, with its most recent recorded action being the motion to proceed made on July 27, 2026.
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