{"id":1984197,"date":"2023-07-27T14:06:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T18:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-military-appropriations-bill-despite-gop-standoff\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T14:07:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T18:07:21","slug":"house-passes-military-appropriations-bill-despite-gop-standoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-military-appropriations-bill-despite-gop-standoff\/","title":{"rendered":"House approves military appropriations bill despite GOP standoff."},"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\">16<\/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-passes-military-appropriations-bill-despite-gop-standoff%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=1984197&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>The \u200cHouse Narrowly Advances Military Construction Appropriations Bill<\/h2>\n<p>The \u200bHouse of Representatives narrowly advanced its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-military-appropriations-bill-despite-gop-standoff\/\" title=\"House approves military appropriations bill despite GOP standoff.\">annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-terminates-military-border-wall-construction-cancels-contracts\/\" title=\"Biden Terminates Military Border Wall Construction, Cancels Contracts\">military construction<\/a> appropriations bill<\/a>\u200b on Thursday, putting an \u2062end to a weeklong standoff\u200b between GOP leadership and \u2064hardline conservatives. Initially, these conservatives threatened to tank the legislation unless <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-adopts-adversarial-posture-toward-mccarthy-ahead-of-budget-cut-meeting\/\" title=\"White House Adopts Adversarial Posture Toward McCarthy Ahead of Budget Cut Meeting\">significant spending cuts<\/a> were made.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act<\/strong> passed \u200dthe House with a 218-211 vote, allowing \u2062the House to make progress on spending legislation before lawmakers leave for a six-week recess later on Thursday. The bill passed mostly along party lines, with all Democrats voting against it. Only two Republicans, Reps.\u2064 Tim Burchett and Ken Buck, opposed the bill.<\/p>\n<h3>A Burning Issue: Biden and Democrats Look to Combat Extreme \u2063Heat Across \u2064the\u2064 US<\/h3>\n<p>Typically,\u200b the military appropriations bill passes\u200c without much drama or fervor, making \u200bit one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-overcomes-first-hurdle-for-military-spending-bill-despite-threats-from-hardline-conservatives\/\" title=\"House passes military spending bill despite conservative threats.\">easiest spending bills<\/a> to pass out of Congress each year. However, this process was nearly disrupted earlier this week when members of the House Freedom Caucus threatened to withhold their support for the must-pass legislation unless crucial changes were made by GOP \u200cleadership.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans were seen meeting in House Speaker Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s office in the \u2062days and hours leading up to the vote. However, it remained uncertain\u2064 whether the bill had enough GOP support until the moment it was \u2062brought to the floor. Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) even stated to reporters ahead of\u2063 the vote that he would vote against it.<\/p>\n<p>One of the main demands \u2062made by House Freedom Caucus members was to slash spending to fiscal 2022 levels, which would result in approximately a $115 billion cut.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here to read more \u200cfrom The \u2062Washington Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want the &#8217;22 levels, and we want no rescissions,&#8221; said Rep. \u2063Ralph Norman (R-SC) to \u200dreporters on Tuesday. &#8220;No smoke and mirrors for the American people. We want a budget that trims the\u200c fat and \u2064prioritizes programs that will defend and protect this country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is not entirely clear\u200c whether a deal \u200cwas made between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House Freedom Caucus members to\u2064 secure their support. However, the speaker managed to gather enough support within his \u200ccaucus to advance the\u200d bill. The House\u200d is now expected to adjourn for its August\u200d recess, \u200bleaving one day earlier than planned due to disagreements over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-move-to-ban-china-from-buying-farmland\/\" title=\"Lawmakers move to ban China from buying farmland\">agriculture appropriations bill<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House narrowly passed its military construction appropriations bill, ending a standoff between GOP leaders and hardline conservatives. 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