U.S. Senate votes 83-11 to pass a massive military policy bill that would direct the Defense Dept. to lift a Covid vaccine mandate for service members and authorize $858 billion in defense spending; the legislation now heads to President Biden's desk.
The National Defense Authorization Act, the annual bill that authorizes Pentagon spending and policies, cleared the Senate in a 83-11 vote. Five Republicans and six Democrats opposed the measure.The legislation now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature.
The bipartisan bill authorizes funding for Taiwan and Ukraine and a 4.6% pay increase for troops. It also would do away with the military vaccine mandate,. Democratic leaders allowed for the new Covid language in an effort to ensure timely passage of the bill. A GOP-backed amendment that pushed for scrapping the vaccine mandate immediately instead of waiting several weeks failed to meet the 60-vote threshold needed for adoption in the Senate.
A separate amendment, offered by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., sought to overhaul the process for authorizing energy and infrastructure projects, known as permitting reform to the the authorization bill. It also fell short of the 60-vote threshold.
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