House to vote today on must-pass defense policy bill
Source: CBS News
December 10, 2025 / 7:48 AM EST
Washington — The House is poised to vote Wednesday on a $900 billion defense policy bill as both chambers race to pass it before the end of the year. Lawmakers on Sunday evening unveiled the 3,086-page compromise bill, which authorizes $8 billion more than what the Trump administration requested.
"This year's National Defense Authorization Act helps advance President Trump and Republicans' Peace Through Strength Agenda by codifying 15 of President Trump's executive orders, ending woke ideology at the Pentagon, securing the border, revitalizing the defense industrial base, and restoring the warrior ethos," House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a statement as the bill was released.
The annual must-pass legislation has historically been approved on a bipartisan basis. But that doesn't prevent squabbling among individual members. Last week, GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York criticized Johnson, accusing the Louisiana Republican of blocking a provision that would require the FBI to notify Congress when it opens counterintelligence investigations into candidates running for federal office. The provision was ultimately included after the public spat.
Johnson has also received criticism after a provision that would have expanded IVF coverage for military families was stripped from the measure.
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