{"id":2519832,"date":"2025-12-10T19:32:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T00:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ndaa-passes-in-johnsons-latest-victory-despite-gop-floor-drama\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T19:33:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T00:33:04","slug":"ndaa-passes-in-johnsons-latest-victory-despite-gop-floor-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ndaa-passes-in-johnsons-latest-victory-despite-gop-floor-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"NDAA passes in Johnson&#8217;s latest victory despite GOP floor drama"},"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%2Fndaa-passes-in-johnsons-latest-victory-despite-gop-floor-drama%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=2519832&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--><p>The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed the House with a 312-112 vote, marking a victory for Speaker Mike Johnson after intense internal GOP conflicts. While generally bipartisan, Republicans faced significant infighting during the procedural rule vote, which was delayed due to opposition from conservative and centrist members. Key conservatives like Marjorie Taylor Greene initially opposed the rule but later switched to support after receiving promises for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-speaker-vote-livestream-mike-johnson-seeks-to-secure-gavel-in-fourth-ballot-vote\/\" title=\"Mike Johnson aims to win ... speaker position in fourth ballot vote, livestreamed.\">future legislative actions<\/a>. The bill, which funds the Pentagon and sets defense policy, now moves to the Senate for final approval. Johnson&#8217;s narrow majority and the ideological diversity within his party continue to challenge his leadership and complicate the passage of critical legislation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">NDAA passes House after Johnson has to endure hours of GOP drama yet again<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2440983\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ndaa\/\">National Defense Authorization Act<\/a> passed the House on Wednesday afternoon, a win for Speaker <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) after he had to endure another round of drama from members of his own conference.<\/p>\n<p>The NDAA passed 312 to 112, with 18 Republicans voting against and 115 Democrats voting for the bill.&nbsp;The legislation, which authorizes funding levels and defense policy for the Pentagon, is one of the few bills that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\">Congress<\/a> must pass each year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3913907\/bipartisan-group-discharge-petition-force-vote-obamacare-subsidies\/\">Bipartisan group files discharge petition to force vote on Obamacare subsidies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3913510\/mike-johnson-glee-jasmine-crockett-senate-bid\/\">Mike Johnson can&#8217;t hide his glee at Jasmine Crockett Senate bid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3913378\/johnson-options-healthcare-costs-obamacare-subsidies\/\">Johnson gives 10 options to address healthcare costs, none of which involve Obamacare subsidies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>It is typically bipartisan, but Republicans found themselves once again in the middle of an infighting mess while trying to pass the rule, a procedural measure, on the NDAA.<\/p>\n<p>The vote for the rule opened around 2 p.m., but it didn&rsquo;t close until 3:30 p.m. because five conservative Republicans and a handful of centrist holdouts threatened to tank the procedural measure. This pushed the final passage vote from 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marjorie-taylor-greene\/\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> (R-GA), and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/thomas-massie\/\">Thomas Massie<\/a> (R-KY) were the consistent &ldquo;no&rdquo; votes on the rule for over an hour.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson could only afford to lose three Republican votes due to his razor-thin margin, so leadership had to bounce back and forth between the five to try to sway them.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, an unlikely quad &mdash; House GOP Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-MI), Johnson, Greene, and Massie &mdash; were sitting in a row together talking. McClain mostly chatted with Greene while Johnson spoke to Massie, though Greene and the speaker had a brief conversation before Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) joined the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>On the other side of the room, a handful of centrist Republicans did not cast a vote, forcing leadership to leave the conservative holdouts and join their group to convince them to vote for the rule. Among the centrist holdouts included Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Mike Lawler (R-NY), and Rob Bresnahan (R-PA).<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, all the centrists voted for the rule, and four of the five conservative holdouts flipped their votes from &ldquo;no&rdquo; to &ldquo;yes.&rdquo; Massie remained the sole &ldquo;no&rdquo; vote on the rule.<\/p>\n<p>Greene said in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1998866871056216433\">post to X<\/a> that she flipped to a &ldquo;yes&rdquo; because Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) promised that her bill, the Protect Children&rsquo;s Innocence Act, would get a vote next week on Wednesday. She said the legislation is &ldquo;one of President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidenlied-trends-on-twitter-as-critics-demand-the-2000-stimulus-checks-he-promised-during-campaign\/\" title=\"#BidenLied Trends On Twitter As Critics Demand The ,000 Stimulus Checks He Promised During Campaign\">key campaign promises<\/a> and executive orders,&rdquo; which comes as she and the president are at war over her outspokenness on the issues within the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-party\/\">Republican <\/a>Party.<\/p>\n<p>Boebert, Burchett, and Luna <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mkraju\/status\/1998860638077202650?s=46\">told<\/a> CNN that they spoke with Secretary of State <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\">Marco Rubio<\/a> to ensure that money for certain non-governmental organizations will not go to the Taliban, an issue Burchett, in particular, has been pushing. They also said that they got assurances on moving forward with Luna&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >bill banning congressional stock trading<\/a> and a concession from the speaker on a crypto bill to prevent the creation of Central Bank Digital Currency.<\/p>\n<p>A failed rule vote would have been a significant blow to Johnson&rsquo;s leadership. Though historically a rare occurrence, Johnson has had <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3482617\/mike-johnson-rule-problem-anarchy-house-precedent\/\">six rule votes fail<\/a> under his leadership since taking up the gavel from ousted Speaker and former Rep. Kevin McCarthy. The last rule failure was on July 15, when 13 conservatives&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3472011\/house-republicans-tank-procedural-vote-crypto-week\/\">tanked a rule vote<\/a>&nbsp;for a slate of cryptocurrency bills and an appropriations bill over problems with some of the crypto legislation.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3910048\/ndaa-text-final-house-senate-2026\/\"><strong>NDAA TEXT NEGLECTS IVF EXPANSION AND HOUSING BUT INCLUDES CHINA RESTRICTIONS AND WAR AUTHORIZATION REPEALS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leadership has frequently blamed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-backs-off-15-minimum-wage-as-virus-relief-plan-takes-shape\/\" title=\"Biden Backs Off  Minimum Wage As Virus Relief Plan Takes Shape\">razor-thin majority<\/a> and the diversity of ideologies among their conservative colleagues as the reason for the drama, but Johnson himself has repeatedly said he wished he could have a &ldquo;normal Congress.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The NDAA now goes to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/senate\">Senate<\/a> for final passage. The legislation is likely to come up for a vote next week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NDAA clears House after Johnson faces GOP drama again<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2519833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25317070335210.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[68611,68610,4762,32366,32603],"class_list":["post-2519832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-gop-floor-drama","tag-johnson-victory","tag-legislation","tag-ndaa","tag-political-news"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25317070335210.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519832","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\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2519832"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2519836,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519832\/revisions\/2519836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2519833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2519832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2519832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2519832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}