Drama on the House floor: Republicans don't have the votes to pass the rule to bring up the NDAA. Currently five GOP NOs [View all]

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Drama on the House floor: Republicans don’t have the votes to pass the rule to bring up the NDAA. Currently five GOP NOs. Leadership is holding the vote open while they figure out what to do.

Drama on the House floor: Republicans don’t have the votes to pass the rule to bring up the NDAA. Currently five GOP NOs. Leadership is holding the vote open while they figure out what to do.

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur.bsky.social) 2025-12-10T19:30:32.287Z

Had to look up NDAA. The National Defense Authorization Act is a yearly law that sets the United States military budget and rules. It decides what the military can spend money on and what programs and policies it will follow.

— Elli Anderson 🌊💙🇺🇸 (@ellilanderson.bsky.social) 2025-12-10T19:35:38.972Z

Unpacking the $900 billion annual defense bill: What’s in? What’s out?

Congressional leaders on Sunday released the text of the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a compromise defense policy bill that fully repeals sanctions on Syria, seeks to put restrictions on withdrawing service members positioned in Europe and provides some military assistance to Ukraine.

The massive legislation, which has a topline of about $8 billion more than the $892.6 billion that President Trump requested in May, is set to be voted on this week. It comes after weeks of bipartisan talks between the House, Senate and White House.

“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 (R-La.) said.

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5638893-2026-ndaa-compromise-released/