{"id":1979249,"date":"2023-07-21T07:31:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T11:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-works-to-avoid-defense-bill-drama-after-house-brawl\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T07:32:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T11:32:22","slug":"senate-works-to-avoid-defense-bill-drama-after-house-brawl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-works-to-avoid-defense-bill-drama-after-house-brawl\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate aims to prevent defense bill controversy following House altercation."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fsenate-works-to-avoid-defense-bill-drama-after-house-brawl%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=1979249&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--><h2>Senate Faces Challenges in Passing Annual \u2062Defense Bill<\/h2>\n<p>While the drama\u2062 that gripped the House during the passage of \u200dits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hispanic-caucus-takes-aim-at-african-american-veterans-service-on-key-panel\/\" title=\"Hispanic Caucus Takes Aim at African-American Veteran\u2019s Service on Key Panel\">annual defense bill<\/a> is not expected \u2063in the Senate, there may still be obstacles as they attempt to pass\u2063 their own version before the August \u200brecess.<\/p>\n<p>The National Defense Authorization Act is typically \u2064a bipartisan effort, making it one\u200b of the few bills that reliably gets\u2063 through\u200c Congress. However, this year, the bill is\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-works-to-avoid-defense-bill-drama-after-house-brawl\/\" title=\"Senate aims to prevent defense bill controversy following House altercation.\">facing increased \u200dpartisanship due<\/a> to Republicans&#8217;\u2062 tight margins in the House.<\/p>\n<p>The House \u200cArmed\u2062 Services Committee passed the legislation with a 58-1 vote, but a series of controversial \u2064amendments on the House floor led Democrats to vote against it. These amendments, focused \u200bon &#8220;culture war&#8221;\u200b issues such as abortion and transgender care, were successfully added by conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the Senate\u200b has avoided similar floor fights. They have adopted a bipartisan manager&#8217;s package \u2063of measures and several other amendments. \u200bSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer emphasized the \u2063importance of avoiding \u200bthe chaos seen in\u200d the House and ensuring input from both\u200c sides without derailing the bill.<\/p>\n<p>While Senate leaders are hopeful for a\u2063 smooth passage, negotiations are still ongoing, and every member \u200dremains cautious. Senate conservatives \u2062have less leverage \u2064than \u200dtheir House \u2063counterparts, as Republicans are \u200din the minority, \u2063and Senate rules require a 60-vote threshold for nongermane amendments.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these challenges, the Senate\u2063 operates by unanimous \u2062consent, meaning any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-delays-infrastructure-vote-amid-democrat-infighting-more-time-is-needed\/\" title=\"Pelosi Delays Infrastructure Vote Amid Democrat Infighting: \u2018More Time Is Needed\u2019\">single senator<\/a> can slow down the passage. Senator \u200bJosh \u2064Hawley has threatened to object to a time agreement unless the chamber votes on appointing an \u2063inspector general for aid to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate must navigate a delicate balance in choosing among the 800-plus amendments filed. Senator John Cornyn warned of the potential for a breakdown if senators resort to a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/everything-you-missed-from-cable-news-experts-this-weekend\/\" title=\"Everything You Missed From Cable News \u2018Experts\u2019 This Weekend\">circular firing squad<\/a>&#8221; mentality.<\/p>\n<p>While some conservatives have already received votes on their amendments, others are \u2062not expected to cause trouble. The bulk of the amendments\u200b will be\u200b addressed in the final days before the August recess, with hopes of reaching a compromise in\u200d the conference committee.<\/p>\n<p>Senate \u200cleaders recognize the importance of \u2063passing the National Defense \u2063Authorization Act \u200dand reconciling the \u2063House and Senate \u200bversions.\u2062 They aim\u2062 to save the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-ability-to-get-democrats-on-same-page-in-legislative-fights-scrutinized\/\" title=\"Biden's ability to get Democrats on same page in legislative fights scrutinized\">legislative fights<\/a> \u2064for the conference committee, where Republicans may have more leverage.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Schumer has offered \u200da \u2064vote on \u200bthe Pentagon abortion policy, which\u200d is\u2062 at the center of a hold on military nominations. This offer is intended to break\u200b the impasse \u2063rather \u2063than directly addressing the NDAA.<\/p>\n<p>As negotiations continue, the conference committee will face challenges in\u200c reconciling the differences between the House and Senate bills. However, Senator Tim\u200b Kaine \u200bdoes not anticipate the process to be significantly contentious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senators anticipate a smoother process compared to the House&#8217;s dramatic passage of the defense bill. However, challenges may arise as the Senate aims to pass its own version before the August recess. Typically, sending the National Defense Authorization Act to the president is a routine procedure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1979250,"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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1979249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/1979249","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1979249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1979250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1979249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1979249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1979249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}