House Republicans seek to override NDAA, despite new bill in the works

The budget deal resolved the one outstanding issue keeping the national defense authorization bill from becoming law. But lingering political differences are preventing lawmakers from wrapping things up quite yet. House leaders have still not decided whether they want to attempt overriding the president's veto of the older, pre-budget deal National Defense Authorization Act, before putting out a new NDAA that would all but surely be accelerated through the committee process and onto the floor. "I think the House was waiting until we have a new speaker to make these decisions," Senate Armed Services committee chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Thursday. "That has...