The #House is set to vote on Thurson whether to limit #abortion access, bar #transgender services & end #diversity training for #military personnel, part of a series of major changes that hard-right #Republicans are seeking to the annual defense policy bill, including pulling U.S. aid to #Ukraine.
The debate was unfolding after “Speaker” Kevin #McCarthy capitulated late Wed to a small group of #ultraconservative Republicans who had threatened to block the #legislation, which provides a yearly #PayRaise for U.S. #troops & sets #Pentagon#policy, if their proposals did not receive consideration.
Instead the #House moved forward on Thurs, w/the fate of the $886 billion bill still in doubt. The far right’s proposals to strip away #military assistance for #Ukraine stand little chance of passage given the strong bipartisan consensus behind the aid, but it was not clear whether a proposal to bar the #Biden admin from sending #ClusterMunitions might draw enough bipartisan backing to succeed.
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