NDAA and spending bills distract attention and scarce time.
Michael Rainey 07/14, Michael Rainey is the Managing Editor at The Fiscal Times, 07/14/2023, Fiscal Times, “House Passes ‘Anti-Woke’ Defense Bill, Setting Up Clash With the Senate”, https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2023/07/14/House-Passes-Anti-Woke-Defense-Bill-Setting-Clash-Senate, RMazhankou
The House version of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act passed 219-210, largely along party lines. Four Republicans voted against the bill and four Democrats voted for it. The House version of the legislation is expected to be doomed in the Senate, where the “anti-woke” amendments stand little chance of gaining approval. This sets up a clash over the must-pass defense bill that could consume increasingly scarce time in a Congress that also needs to pass a dozen funding bills to keep the government operating after the fiscal year ends in September.