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"The defense authorization act is one of the most consequential bills that Congress considers each year," wrote Sen. Roger Wicker in the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal.
From left, Speaker of the House Rep. Taylor Barras, R-New Iberia, House Appropriations Committee chairman Rep. Cameron Henry, R-Metairie, and Rep. Lance Harris, R-Alexandria, confer on legislation in the front of the House Chamber while the House is in recess after rejecting the Senate amendments to send HB1, the budget bill, to conference committee on the final day of the Special Legislative Session June 4, 2018, in Baton Rouge, La. Rep. Lance Harris, left, R-Alexandria, confers with House Speaker Taylor Barras, top, R-New Iberia, and House Clerk Alferd 'Butch' Speer, bottom right, in a scene during activity in the House of Representatives, Thursday, April 20, 2017.
Rep. Walt Leger III, D-New Orleans, stands at the lectern asking the House to vote to direct the committee to report HB1 as House Speaker Rep. Taylor Barras, R-New Iberia, right, watches during the closing minutes of the last day of the regular legislative session Thursday June 8, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La.. In the 2017 Legislature, passing the budget bills for the fiscal year beginning July 1 was supposed to be the easy part.