House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) scored a win Friday when Republicans united to pass a nearly $900 billion defense bill for fiscal 2024.
The annual defense bill typically receives bipartisan support, but this time around, all but four House Democrats opposed the legislation. At issue, are a number of GOP-sponsored amendments regarding abortion, transgender rights, and diversity.
“It is woefully irresponsible that extreme MAGA Republicans have hijacked a bipartisan bill that is essential to our national security and taken it over and weaponized it in order to jam their extreme right-wing ideology down the throats of the American people,” said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).