House Republicans are weighing an effort to tie next year’s funding for the Pentagon to demands that include ending the military’s vaccine mandate and increasing scrutiny of where U.S. aid to Ukraine has gone.
Conservatives in the House have pushed their fellow Republicans to punt a vote on the final version of the National Defense Authorization Act to January, when the GOP will control the lower chamber.LLOYD AUSTIN URGES CONGRESS TO PASS NEW SPENDING BILL TO AVOID 'SIGNIFICANT HARM'
House lawmakers passed a version of the 2023 NDAA in July, with 149 Republicans joining most Democrats to advance the spending bill and defeat efforts to trim the Pentagon’s budget. Those include ending “the contamination of our military by radical Leftist ‘woke’ ideologies and the prioritization of politics over combat readiness,” ending defense funding for “pet climate projects,” and appointing a special inspector general to oversee the U.S. support for Ukraine.
Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Chip Roy released a report last week laying out what they described as the Biden administration’s efforts to turn the military into a “left-wing social experiment.” Republicans have railed against the Biden administration for upholding a vaccine requirement that has put thousands of military jobs at risk at a time when the Pentagon is struggling to recruit and retain enough service members to maintain readiness.
But Democrats and the Biden administration appear poised to fight for the NDAA to pass in the lame-duck session.
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