{"id":1985110,"date":"2023-07-28T13:23:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T17:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-sticking-points-remain-as-house-and-senate-reconcile-defense-spending-bills\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T13:24:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T17:24:38","slug":"major-sticking-points-remain-as-house-and-senate-reconcile-defense-spending-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-sticking-points-remain-as-house-and-senate-reconcile-defense-spending-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"House and Senate still have significant disagreements on defense spending bills."},"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%2Fmajor-sticking-points-remain-as-house-and-senate-reconcile-defense-spending-bills%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=1985110&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\u200d Senate Passes National Defense Authorization Act with Broad Bipartisan Support<\/h2>\n<p>The Senate passed the \u2064National Defense \u2062Authorization Act (NDAA) on Thursday\u200c night with overwhelming \u200cbipartisan support, setting it apart\u2062 from its House counterparts by avoiding partisan\u2063 topics. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-sticking-points-remain-as-house-and-senate-reconcile-defense-spending-bills\/\" title=\"House and Senate still have significant disagreements on defense spending bills.\">annual \u2064defense policy bill authorizes 6 billion<\/a> in spending on national security, which aligns with\u200b President Joe Biden&#8217;s requested amount. Of the 100 senators, 86\u2063 voted in favor of \u2063the bill, while only 11 voted \u2064against\u200c it. In contrast,\u2062 the \u200cHouse&#8217;s version of the NDAA was a nearly party-line vote.<\/p>\n<h3>Key Issues to Resolve in the Bill<\/h3>\n<p>Now that both chambers have passed their respective versions of the NDAA, negotiators\u2064 from\u2062 each\u2064 chamber will collaborate to merge them into one cohesive bill, which will ultimately be sent to the president&#8217;s desk\u2063 for approval. However, there are two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-big-midterm-lesson-defensive-victories-on-the-right-arent-going-to-save-the-country\/\" title=\"The Big Midterm Lesson: Defensive \u2018Victories\u2019 On The Right Aren\u2019t Going To Save The Country\">major culture war issues<\/a> \u200bthat need to be addressed: \u200dabortion \u2064access and transgender healthcare. These\u200b issues \u2062were included in the House&#8217;s version but not in the Senate&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>The House&#8217;s version of the bill included an amendment that would \u2064end the Pentagon&#8217;s current abortion \u200dpolicy. This \u200bpolicy reimburses service members or their dependents for travel expenses incurred when \u2062seeking medical \u200bservices\u200c such\u2063 as abortions or fertility treatments out-of-state. The\u2064 policy was \u2064implemented in \u200bresponse to the \u200dSupreme Court&#8217;s overturning of Roe v. Wade and\u2062 the subsequent\u200b restrictive laws enacted by conservative states.<\/p>\n<p>Another amendment in the\u2064 House&#8217;s \u2063bill aimed to\u200d prevent the \u200cDepartment of\u200b Defense (DOD) and the\u2064 military&#8217;s healthcare program, Tricare, \u2064from\u200c providing gender-related surgeries and hormone treatments for transgender service members.<\/p>\n<p>These\u2062 amendments caused all but four\u200c House Democrats to vote\u200b against the NDAA a couple of weeks ago. Senate Majority Leader Chuck \u2063Schumer (D-NY) criticized the\u200c House&#8217;s approach,\u200c stating, &#8220;What&#8217;s happening in the Senate is a stark contrast \u200cto\u2064 the partisan\u2063 race to the bottom we saw \u2062in the House, \u2064where House Republicans are\u200c pushing partisan legislation that has \u200czero \u2062chance of passing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>President Biden&#8217;s Stance on the Bill<\/h3>\n<p>President Biden&#8217;s\u200b support for \u200dthe final NDAA bill remains\u200d uncertain due to\u2064 the inclusion of these controversial amendments. National Security Council coordinator John Kirby expressed doubts\u2064 about the \u2062president signing a bill that contains \u200crollbacks on abortion access\u2064 and\u200d transgender healthcare. Kirby emphasized \u200bthe importance of allowing Americans to serve\u200d in\u2064 uniform with \u200ddignity and receive proper medical \u200dand mental\u2064 care.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that the NDAA\u2064 has been \u2062passed every year for over 60\u2064 years, making it a crucial piece of legislation for national defense.<\/p>\n<h3>Implications of the Abortion Issue<\/h3>\n<p>While the president typically\u2063 signs the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-joins-with-schumer-to-block-potential-trump-veto-of-defense-bill-keep-big-tech-protection\/\" title=\"McConnell Joins With Schumer To Block Potential Trump VETO Of Defense Bill, Keep Big Tech Protection\">defense authorization bill<\/a> \u2064into law in December, \u200dthe abortion issue may come\u2062 to a head sooner due to the actions of Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL). Tuberville has held up\u2062 military nominations for approximately\u200b six \u200cmonths, arguing that\u200c the Pentagon&#8217;s abortion policy is\u2062 an overreach. His \u2064hold has blocked\u200b over 300 nominations, and if it continues through the end of the year, it \u2062could affect more than 650 nominations.<\/p>\n<p>If Biden&#8217;s nominees are not confirmed, the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Joint Staff may\u200d have\u200d acting leaders in addition to the Marine Corps, which is already operating under an \u200cacting \u2063Commandant. Tuberville&#8217;s hold does not completely prevent the Senate \u2063from passing nominations, but \u2062it significantly slows down the process. Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), estimated that it would take approximately 84 days to vote through every promotion \u2063if they exclusively focused on that for eight \u2062hours every day.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the NDAA&#8217;s passage in the Senate with bipartisan support sets\u2064 the stage for negotiations\u2063 and potential compromises \u2064on\u200c the contentious issues of abortion access and \u2062transgender healthcare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate, unlike the House, passed the National Defense Authorization Act with bipartisan backing. 86 senators supported the bill, authorizing $886 billion for national security, as requested by President Biden. 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