Congress returns after the month-long August recess with a number of national security items on the fall to-do list, not the least of which is Senate debate on the must-pass Fiscal 2018 defense authorization bill. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain is expected to return to the Capitol from treatment for an aggressive brain tumor to manage floor consideration of the massive Pentagon policy bill, adding an emotional undertone to a measure that typically draws heated debate but ultimately receives wide bipartisan support.
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