I don't think you read the artical carefully:
""Both parties are eager to approve the defense bill. So Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, in consultation with Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., decided to postpone any consideration of missile defense money until later.
"There will be an appropriate time to bring this up for debate, but this week is not the appropriate time," Daschle's spokeswoman, Anita Dunn, said Monday. ""