House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) may find it difficult to achieve bipartisan support for the National Defense Authorization Act, as the House Rules Committee prepares to consider several controversial amendments that could derail Democrats from voting for the bill.
After approving only 300 of over 1,500 proposed amendments, committee members are set to meet on Thursday to determine which national defense authorization amendments should advance to the floor, setting up the possibility for a dayslong debate.Among the amendments are those covering hot-button topics in politics, including abortion, DEI , and foreign policy relations with China and Ukraine — all areas that Republicans want to restrict or dismantle and Democrats consider a"red line.
Hard-line conservatives have blasted this policy as a tool of the Biden administration to advance its own agenda. Rep. Ronny Jackson introduced the amendment to overturn the policy, earning nearly 50 Republican co-sponsors. GOP leaders are optimistic the amendment will reach the House floor for a vote, but Democratic leaders say the amendment could erode crucial support across the party.Several amendments proposed by Republicans seek to eliminate Department of Defense policies that focus on DEI.
Another amendment — introduced by Good, Crane, and Rep. Chip Roy — prohibits the use of funds for the DOD to promote the idea that"the U.S. is a fundamentally racist country" or that"the Declaration of Independence or the U.S. Constitution are racist documents," among others. If passed, one amendment will prohibit any sort of mask mandate, and two others will require studies into the immune response levels and health conditions of service members following the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine.Nine Republicans sponsored an amendment that prohibits TRICARE from covering, and the DOD from furnishing, sex reassignment surgeries and gender hormone treatments for transgender individuals.
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