A progressive national security group is lauding an amendment by Sen. Kay Hagan to the National Defense Authorization Act, a law that among other things sets the Defense Department's budget.
Hagan's amendment, which passed Thursday on a 54-41 vote, would repeal a section previously added by Sen. John McCain that prohibits the Defense Department from entering contracts to plan, design, refurbish or build a biofuels plant unless specifically authorized by law.
