Votes Mostly Go Obama’s Way By Rachel Bloom, John Cranford and CQ Staff Posted July 6, 2009 at 12:00am Facebook Twitter Email Reddit defense authorization bill voted against closing Recent Stories Bondi defends Justice Department proposal to end standalone ATF Longest-serving woman in Congress says she’s not stopping anytime soon Major insurers pledge to improve preauthorization Worried about political violence, some want to scrub home addresses Injunction, immigration provisions caught in ‘Byrd rule’ review Trump’s Iran strikes put potential heirs Vance and Rubio in spotlight