WEEKEND 7/15-16/23

The House’s $886-billion National Defense Authorization Act marks a “big win” for Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), The Hill says, but if it has no chance of passing the Senate later this month, how will we pay for the military?

While the NDAA includes a 5.2% pay increase for service members, it also curbs abortion services, transgender rights and racial equality programs for those same service members. The Democratic-majority Senate surely will reject those amendments added by the MAGA wing of the House GOP. 

“Stop using taxpayer money to do their own wokeism,” McCarthy said. 

The NDAA for the fiscal year beginning September passed almost along party lines, except for the following. Republicans Andy Biggs (AZ), Ken Buck (CO), Eli Crane (AZ) and Thomas Massie (KY) voted “nay” and Democrats Don Davis (NC), Jared Golden (ME), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA) and Gabe Vasquez (NM) voted “yay.”

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--Edited by Todd Lassa