{"id":1973391,"date":"2023-07-14T17:21:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T21:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passed-defense-bill-unwinds-pentagons-woke-agenda-freedom-caucus\/"},"modified":"2023-07-14T17:24:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T21:24:35","slug":"house-passed-defense-bill-unwinds-pentagons-woke-agenda-freedom-caucus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passed-defense-bill-unwinds-pentagons-woke-agenda-freedom-caucus\/","title":{"rendered":"House Passes Defense Bill to Reverse Pentagon&#8217;s &#8216;Woke&#8217; Agenda: Freedom Caucus"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-passed-defense-bill-unwinds-pentagons-woke-agenda-freedom-caucus%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1973391&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0714\/4265ea6d-2e94-45e2-808e-8786c05c9746\/audio.mp3?length=7544205&#038;duration=629\"><\/div>\n<p>The House has adopted its version of the proposed $886.3 billion Fiscal Year 2024 defense budget and dispatched it to the Senate, where many of the \u201cculture war\u201d amendments conservatives successfully attached to the must-pass annual appropriations package are likely to be rejected by the Democrat-led chamber.<\/p>\n<p>Do so at your own risk, House Freedom Caucus members and associated Republicans warned after the chamber\u2019s defense budget was adopted in a 219\u2013210 mostly partisan vote on July 14.<\/p>\n<p>Over the span of two days, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/house-backs-culture-war-amendments-to-defense-bill-ensuring-showdown-at-final-vote_5398345.html?utm_source=open&#038;utm_medium=search\">the Republican-led House repealed the Department of Defense\u2019s (DOD) abortion travel policy<\/a>, prohibited DOD healthcare programs from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arkansas-passes-save-adolescents-from-experimentation-act-to-ban-trans-surgery-puberty-blockers-for-minors\/\" title=\"Arkansas Passes \u2018Save Adolescents From Experimentation Act\u2019 To Ban Trans Surgery, Puberty Blockers For Minors\">providing gender transition procedures<\/a>, adopted a DOD \u2018Parents Bill of Rights,\u2019 and introduced a host of other proposed add-ons targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs to a must-pass defense budget normally approved in bipartisan accord.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBusiness as usual is over with, and I hope senators would join us in holding up the \u2018woke\u2019 unbelievable, crazy agenda\u201d the Biden administration has imposed on the military, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) told reporters in a press conference. Mr. Norman is a member of the 40-member House Freedom Caucus that spearheaded the drive to rid \u201cwokeism\u201d from the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe wait is over with folks,\u201d he concluded. \u201cIt\u2019s about one word\u2014\u2018freedom.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5275392\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/05\/18\/id5275392-05162023-DSC02622-Schumer-1200x800.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<h2>Democrats: It Ain\u2019t Over Yet<\/h2>\n<p>The Senate, where Democrats hold a 51\u201349 advantage, will begin floor deliberations next week on their version of the defense budget, referred to as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).<\/p>\n<p>Both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passed-defense-bill-unwinds-pentagons-woke-agenda-freedom-caucus\/\" title=\"House Passes Defense Bill to Reverse Pentagon's 'Woke' Agenda: Freedom Caucus\">chambers\u2019 preliminary defense spending plans top<\/a> out at the $886.3 billion requested in March by the Biden administration, but the Senate NDAA version does not include the House amendments targeting \u201cwoke\u201d policies.<\/p>\n<p>Differences between the adopted House defense budget and the version the Senate will approve will be resolved in conferences between the chambers to present one NDAA for adoption, ideally before the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1.<\/p>\n<p>How those differences are ironed out and how many of the GOP\u2019s \u201cculture war\u201d amendments will be in that merged NDAA when it next appears on the House floor will be a closely watched backroom battle between the chambers.<\/p>\n<p>House Democrats will continue to resist a \u201cwoefully irresponsible\u201d defense budget more geared to imposing a \u201cright-wing agenda\u201d on the nation than helping the Pentagon gird for the military challenges presented by China, Russia, and other adversaries, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said during a post-vote press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExtreme MAGA Republicans have hijacked a bipartisan bill that is essential to our national security and taken it over and weaponized it in order to jam their extreme right-wing ideology down the throats of the American people,\u201d Mr. Jeffries said, calling on Senate Democrats to shoot down the \u201cculture war\u201d add-ons and send a defense budget back to the House free of \u201cMAGA extremism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to pass the National Defense Authorization Act in order to make sure that our military, the greatest military, in my view, in the history of the world, has everything that it needs to protect the safety and security of the American people,\u201d he said. \u201cWe, as Democrats, look forward to working with President Biden, Senate Democrats, and Senate Republicans to do the responsible thing by the end of this fiscal year and pass a responsible National Defense Authorization Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5398555\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/07\/14\/id5398555-GettyImages-1534059014-1200x800.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<h2>Tuberville the Inspiration<\/h2>\n<p>One of the amendments Republicans are unlikely to back down on is Rep. Ronny Jackson\u2019s (R-Texas) add-on that repeals a DOD policy instituted in October 2022 to reimburse expenses for service members who travel to obtain an abortion from a state where the procedure is restricted to a state where it is permitted.<\/p>\n<p>The measure, adopted in a near<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-backs-culture-war-amendments-to-defense-bill-ensuring-showdown-at-final-vote\/\" title=\"House supports 'culture war' amendments in defense bill, guaranteeing a showdown in final vote.\">-total partisan vote<\/a>, 221-213, is among signal achievements cited by House Freedom Caucus members and Mr. Jackson, who argued the policy is in direct violation of Section 1093 of U.S. Code Title 10, which \u201crestricts funds made available to the DOD from being used for abortions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House conservatives also said they were inspired to continue pushing for the measure despite heated opposition by Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), who has blocked more than 250 flag-level Pentagon promotions in protest of the policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe joined our colleague Tommy Tuberville in the Senate, who stood strong for a long time by himself \u2026 to fight this fight,\u201d Mr. Jackson said during a pre-vote House Freedom Caucus press conference<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">.<\/span> \u201cAnd now he\u2019s got support. He\u2019s got back-up here in the House\u201d to ensure \u201ctaxpayer money is provided to the DOD to provide for our national defense and international security, not to promote and support the Biden administration\u2019s radical immoral pro-abortion agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe conservative movement is getting fired up everywhere,\u201d Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) told reporters. \u201cWe dealt a major blow to the Biden regime\u2019s efforts to politicize our military by defunding his policy of using DOD funds to traffic service members out of red states so they can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-boebert-introduces-bill-to-end-taxpayer-funded-abortions-for-illegals\/\" title=\"Rep. Boebert Introduces Bill to End Taxpayer Funded Abortions for Illegals\">receive taxpayer-funded abortions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a ban on funding for drag queen shows,\u201d Ms. Boebert continued, \u201ca ban on funding for critical race theory, abolishing the DOD chief diversity officer position, and powering military parents to know what\u2019s going on in on-base schools, establishing an inspector general to audit Ukraine funding, establishing a pathway for service members discharged under Biden\u2019s vaccine mandate to rejoin the military. We\u2019re here today to let the American people know that we are just getting started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) called it \u201ca shame\u201d that 207 of 211 House Democrats voted against the proposed NDAA, as did four of the chamber\u2019s 221 Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a shame that Democrats walked away from a 5 percent pay raise to our men and women in uniform\u2014who deserve it\u2014because they wanted to defend a far-left \u2018woke\u2019 indoctrination ideology,\u201d Mr. Scalise told reporters. \u201cI am proud of what our members did coming together in a difficult time to say, let\u2019s get that focus back where it<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House passed its $886.3 billion defense budget for FY 2024 and sent it to the Senate. However, the Democrat-led chamber is expected to reject the conservative-backed &#8220;culture war&#8221; amendments added to the crucial annual appropriations package. Proceed with caution, House Freedom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":509,"featured_media":1973392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1973391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1973391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/509"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1973391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1973391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1973392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1973391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1973391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1973391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}