The House has approved a sweeping annual defense bill that provides a 5.2% pay raise for service members, but with political add-ons from Republicans to block abortion coverage and diversity initiatives that divided the chamber.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House on Friday approved a sweeping annual defense bill that provides an expected 5.2% pay raise for service members but strays from traditional military policy with political add-ons from Republicans to block abortion coverage, diversity initiatives at the Pentagon and transgender issues that deeply divided the chamber.
“We are continuing to block the Biden Administration’s ‘woke’ agenda,” said Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., at a press conference with conservatives ahead of Friday’s vote. Crane argued that U.S. adversaries Russia and China don’t mandate diversity measures in their military operations, and neither should the U.S. “We don’t want our military to be a social experiment,” he said. “We want the best of the best.”
But Democrats, in a joint leadership statement, said they were voting against the bill because House Republicans “turned what should be a meaningful investment in our men and women in uniform into an extreme and reckless legislative joyride.” Republican opposition to U.S. support for the war in Ukraine drew a number of amendments, including one to block the use of cluster munitions that Biden just sent to help Ukraine battle Russia. It was a controversial move since the devices, which can leave behind unexploded munitions endangering civilians, are banned by many other countries.
Jackson and other Republicans praised Tuberville for his hardline stance against the Pentagon abortion policy, which was thrust into prominence as states started banning the procedure following the Supreme Court decision last summer overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade law.But it’s not at all certain the Pentagon abortion policy will eventually be overturned as the House measure moves to the Senate.
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