Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) for helping them drive the debate and score victories on the floor.
Several members of the Freedom Caucus heaped praise on Sen. “The military is not the place for a social experiment,” Perry said. But conservative leaders appearing satisfied by additions on social issues is clearing the way.Ĭonservatives had won passage of a number of their favored amendments on the House floor Thursday evening, including measures to bar the Pentagon from paying travel costs for service members seeking abortions, bar the Pentagon from paying for gender-affirming surgeries, and gutting diversity and inclusion initiatives. A lack of support from Democrats leaves McCarthy with little room for GOP defections, given the Republicans’ slim majority.Ī history of Freedom Caucus members voting against the NDAA in previous years made the path forward without Democrats unclear.
Support from the Freedom Caucus will be critical for McCarthy as GOP leaders move to pass the bill on Friday after House Democratic leaders said their caucus will oppose the bill over the conservative culture war amendments. “It has improved dramatically,” Perry told reporters in the Capitol on Friday morning, shortly before the scheduled vote.
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Scott Perry (R-Pa.), the group’s chairman, called that bill “untenable.”īut the approval of a series of conservative amendments Thursday - including measures to curb Pentagon policies on abortion and transgender rights - has invigorated the group’s members, who strongly suggested they will support the package when it hits the floor Friday morning. Leaders of the conservative House Freedom Caucus indicated Friday that they’ll support an annual defense budget bill on the House floor, providing a huge boost to Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and GOP leaders as they scramble to rally enough support to move the must-pass package to the Senate later this week.įreedom Caucus conservatives had balked at an initial, bipartisan version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which passed through the Armed Services Committee last month by an overwhelming 58-1 vote.
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