The $886B #NDAA — which infuriated hard line conservatives for its omission of their most conservative cultural provisions — was approved by a #House vote of 310-118. The bill passed the #Senate on Wed night & will now proceed to President #Biden to be signed into #law.
NEW: The odds of Speaker Johnson ramming a #Section702 reauthorization through tomorrow has diminished, sources say, but more than 80+ civil rights groups are warning lawmakers against it. So is FreedomWorks, who says they'll tag any conservative who supports it. // #NDAA#FISA
NEW: Neither Schumer nor Speaker Johnson are answering questions this morning regarding widespread rumors they plan to amend a "must pass" defense bill (#NDAA) in the final hour to extend a controversial surveillance program, #Section702.
URGENT: WashPo is reporting that there is still an effort to quietly include the dangerous #STOPCSAM Act (this is basically just the #EarnItAct Act under a different name) in the must-pass #NDAA.
NEWS: An amendment requiring the US Military to obtain a search warrant before buying Americans’ location information from private data brokers will be included in the House version of the NDAA. #privacy#ndaa
After SCOTUS’ 2022-06 anti-abortion decision ("Dobbs") the Biden administration issued rules to assist service members/dependents who had to cross state lines for abortions.
However, House members voted 221-213 Thu. night to pass an amendment eliminating abortion provisions f. the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA; annual defense spending bill).
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Can’t say whether they’ll get voted on today, but it looks like two of the anti-trans amendments in the defense authorization bill have survived the Rules committee and will get a vote on the House floor. #NDAA
I've checked this and the info from Fix the Court and Jane Mayer is true. The corrupt language protecting spouses of Supreme Court justices from income disclosure is in Section 5933 of the National Defense Authorization Act currently being considered in Congress, on pages 2543 and 2544.
This language would, among other things, protect Ginni Thomas, spouse of Justice Clarence Thomas.