Syndicated columnist Byron York says making political hay with the Defense Authorization Act is a game played by both parties.
There has been a highly political battle on Capitol Hill -- actually, that's the only kind of battle they have on Capitol Hill -- over U.S. defense policy and spending. The fight has been on two fronts: passage of the yearly National Defense Authorization Act, which sets military spending levels; and a Republican senator's decision to block Senate confirmation of military promotions until the Biden Pentagon changes its policy on abortion.
Some of the press coverage went along with Democrats' portrayal of themselves as the good guys and Republicans as the bad guys. A National Public Radio report on the debate was headlined simply"The politicization of the National Defense Authorization Act." And the widely read Politico Playbook reported"the formerly sacrosanct Pentagon bill became the target of culture-war amendments on abortion, diversity and gender that could scuttle its passage.
by signing up you agree to our terms of service There was a measure to make it more difficult for the Trump administration to detain illegal border crossers by banning"Defense Department facilities from housing any foreign national detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement." There was a measure to"allow transgender people to join the armed forces." There was a measure to remove the names of Confederate generals from U.S. military bases.
Democrats are outraged at Tuberville. Among those most outraged is Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, who lost both legs in a helicopter crash in 2004 fighting in Iraq.
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