The House passed an $875 billion defense bill Friday, but not before adding several amendments that would change Pentagon policies, including those related to transgender issues, diversity and abortion. The House passed the bill on an almost party-line 219-210 vote, with all but four Republicans voting for the bill and all but four Democrats opposing it. Utah’s four congressmen voted for the bill, with Rep. Blake Moore, whose 1st Congressional District includes Hill Air Force Base, saying he was pleased the bill included money for military housing. Rep. Burgess Owens,...

The House-passed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes Rep. Warren Davidson’s (R-OH) amendment that would bar the Pentagon from purchasing Americans’ private data, which is considered a run around Fourth Amendment protections against warrantless searches. House Republicans passed H.R.

Democrats say legislation, which is all but assured to fail in the US Senate, is’an ode to bigotry and ignorance’. Republicans in the United States House of Representatives have passed an annual defence funding bill that highlights the party’s conservative priorities – and sticking points – in advance of the 2024 election season. Democrats have decried the bill approved on Friday, which included anti-LGBTQ, anti-diversity and anti-abortion rights provisions. It passed by a 219 to 210 largely party-line vote in the majority Republican chamber. Four Democrats voted in support of...

WASHINGTON, D. C. - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voted largely along party lines to approve an $886 billion defense authorization bill that contained controversial provisions that would block the Pentagon from paying for service members’ abortion-related expenses or transgender care. All 10 of Ohio’s Republicans in Congress supported the bill, which passed by a 219 to 210 margin. All five of the state’s Democrats opposed the legislation. A statement from U.S. Rep.

The U.S. Capitol in Washington on March 23, 2023. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times) The House on Friday passed a sweeping annual defense bill that includes GOP-led amendments to restrict abortion coverage and transgender procedures, and eliminate diversity initiatives at the Pentagon. Most Democrats voted against the measure, called the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2023, as did four Republicans, with the bill clearing the lower chamber in a narrowly bipartisan 219–210 vote.

WASHINGTON — The House signed off on an annual defense policy package that includes provisions ending diversity and inclusion programs, prohibiting services for transgender individuals and banning payments to service members for travel to obtain abortions. Georgia’s delegation split strictly along party lines, with all nine Republicans in favor and all five Democrats opposed. U.S. Rep.

The House voted on Thursday evening to block the Pentagon from spending taxpayer dollars on funding travel for women in the military seeking abortions as lawmakers prepare to vote on the annual National Defense Authorization Act. The amendment to block funding for abortion travel was just one of the amendments added to the NDAA, which House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said will likely go before the House for a final vote on Friday. The abortion amendment, which passed 221-213, was proposed by Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) and was passed largely along...

WASHINGTON — House passage of the annual defense policy bill on Friday remains uncertain after Republicans added provisions on abortion and transgender surgeries, measures that are a nonstarter for Democrats. The amendments, adopted Thursday, would ban the secretary of defense from paying for or reimbursing service members for abortion-related expenses and transgender surgeries and hormone treatments. The abortion amendment, sponsored by Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, was approved largely along party lines in a 221-213 vote. Rep.