The house passed the Defense Authorization bill, and as the hill reports it includes 696. 5 billion in programs, far more than president trumps budget request. The final vote was 34481. Eight republicans voted against the legislation, including representatives amash, duncan, garett, gomert, griffith, harris, massey and mclynn okay. On the other side of the capitol the senate is expected the take up the bill after working on health care next week. The Congressional Budget Office is expected to release the projected cost and the number of people covered under the Senate Health care law replacement. Leaders have planned to vote next week. You can find live gaveltogavel coverage of the senate on cspan 2. The National GovernorsAssociation Summit meeting Live Saturday on cspan starting at 9 30 a. M. Eastern. Governors talk about computer coding and the importance of Computer Science in schools, with girls who code ceo, former microsoft ceo steve palmer, and Tesla Ceo Elon musk who will speak at the governors closing session. Watch the National GovernorsAssociation Summer meeting live on the cspan networks, cspan. Org and listen live on the free cspan radio app. Two house Veterans Affair subcommittees held a joint hearing examining how the Veterans Affair office abused gulf war illness claims. The va denies more than 80 of claims for benefits in gulf war assoed