{"id":600919,"date":"2023-12-13T02:29:18","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T23:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/senate-tees-up-final-vote-on-annual-defense-policy-bill\/"},"modified":"2023-12-13T02:29:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T23:29:18","slug":"senate-tees-up-final-vote-on-annual-defense-policy-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/senate-tees-up-final-vote-on-annual-defense-policy-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"#Senate tees up final vote on annual defense policy bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/schumerchuck_092723gn03_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Senate on Tuesday advanced the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) toward a final vote, putting it on a glide path to getting passed Wednesday as lawmakers look to conclude their work before the Christmas break.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Senators voted 85-15 to end debate on the $886 billion annual defense policy bill that will cover fiscal 2024 and, among other things, includes a 5.2 percent pay raise for troops, $11.5 billion to help deter China and $800 million to support Ukraine.\u00a0Sixty votes were needed to advance the legislation.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>A final Senate vote on the NDAA is expected Wednesday, with the House set to pass it by the end of the week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth sides have done terrific work these past few months getting the NDAA over the finish line,\u201d Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on the floor, specifically touting the provisions aimed at curbing Chinese influence, including by <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roving the nuclear submarine agreement between the U.S., the United Kingdom and Australia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite the bill\u2019s traditionally bipartisan nature, there have been multiple problems lawmakers have had to quell. The chamber had to vote last week on the motion to proceed to the NDAA \u2014 one that is usually passed unanimously via a voice vote. However, a recorded vote was forced by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) after legislation to reauthorize a compensation program for victims of nuclear contamination was bumped from the final package.<\/p>\n<p>Hawley and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) also forced a pair of procedural votes Tuesday prior to the cloture vote on the NDAA in order to further delay proceedings. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday I will force further procedural votes on the NDAA \u2013 which thanks to the McConnell\/Johnson backroom deal, shovels billions to defense contractors but cuts off compensation for tens of thousands of Americans poisoned by their own government,\u201d Hawley said in a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HawleyMO\/status\/1734606783203901722\">social media post<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bill also does not include\u00a0a number of \u201cculture war\u201d items that conservatives had hoped would be in the final bill, including a GOP-backed item that would have blocked the Pentagon\u2019s policy that allows service members to be reimbursed for <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> expenses to receive abortion care. The Department of Defense\u2019s policy pushed Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) to hold up all military promotions until last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Ernst\u2019s push to hold a procedural vote was over Schumer\u2019s decision to block a stand-alone tally on the Pentagon\u2019s abortion policy.<\/p>\n<p>The final NDAA also does not include a ban on gender-affirming health care for transgender service members or on the Pentagon funding drag shows. It also did not include language that would bar funding for the Department of Defense Education Activity \u2014 a federal school system \u2014 from being used to purchase or keep library books with certain LGBTQ themes.<\/p>\n<p>As Schumer noted, advancing the NDAA was among his three top priorities during the December work period, along with ending Tuberville\u2019s holds and passing President Biden\u2019s $111 billion supplemental spending bill, which is expected to spill into the new year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The House is expected to suspend the rules of the chamber in order to pass the Defense policy legislation, requiring two-thirds support of members.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. All rights reserved. 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