The House on Wednesday marks up its version of the $886 billion National Defense Authorization Act.
Pentagon policies on diversity and abortion are taking center stage Wednesday as the House Armed Services Committee considers its annual defense policy bill, with conservatives pushing to rein in programs they deem distractions from the military’s mission., will need to walk a narrow path between endorsing conservative policies in the annualand maintaining the support of Democrats who will be needed to pass the bill on the House floor next month.
The committee could end up punting on some of the most contentious debates and save them for the full House, but Armed Services’ top Democrat“I am concerned that there are amendments filed to the bill that cross these redlines and could jeopardize final passage of the bill,” Smith said in a statement.
If Republicans succeed in adding a number of their controversial measures, Democrats will have to decide how many provisions that likely won’t survive negotiations with the Senate they can stomach before they outright oppose the bill. Republicans are expected — either in committee or on the House floor — to target a Pentagon policy to reimburse troops who travel to seek abortions. Republicans argue the new rule circumvents laws barring taxpayer money for the procedure in most cases, but language to undo this new policy could be a red line for Democrats.
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