Right-wing House members are threatening to block the must-pass defense spending bill Congress has approved every year since 1960.
The House Freedom Caucus is threatening to block a key military defense spending bill over a string of culture war issues—marking House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s latest challenge to wrangle the far-right in order to pass consequential legislation.... [+]
November 29, 2022 in Arlington, Virginia. The Pentagon is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense and the world’s largest office building. The House is set to take up the $886 billion National Defense Authorization Act spending package in the Rules Committee on Tuesday and it could come to the floor for a vote as early as Friday.
But the legislation could be stalled by a string of controversial right-wing amendments that would block funding for members of the military seeking to travel out-of-state for abortions, along with diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the military, gender-transition health care for military members and ban certain books and drag shows on military bases.
Democrats, and some moderate Republicans, are unlikely to support the legislation if the amendments are approved, Rep.
The bill may not even make its way out of the House Rules Committee, which is made up of four Democrats and nine Republicans, three of whom are House Freedom Caucus members—two of them, Reps. Chip Roy and Ralph Norman —The legislation also includes a 5.2% pay increase for military members and $300 million in additional funding for Ukraine.
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