(As I told you, they always get just enough Dems to cross the aisle to pass the really important fascist stuff)
from AntiWar
The House on Wednesday passed its version
of the massive $1.15 trillion 2027 National Defense Authorization Act
(NDAA), which includes Section 219 (formerly Section 224), a provision
to further integrate the US and Israeli militaries, a scheme Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described as “my plan.”
The NDAA passed largely along party lines in a 216-212 vote.
Seven Republicans voted against it, and two didn’t vote, meaning that
the Democrats could have blocked the legislation, but six Democrats
voted yes on the sweeping military spending bill despite President
Trump’s continued war against Iran, which was launched without
congressional authorization.
The Democrats who voted for the bill
include Reps. Henry Cuellar (TX), Donald G. Davis (NC), Jared F. Golden
(ME), Vicente Gonzalez (TX), Adam Gray (CA), and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
(WA).
The Republicans who voted against the
legislation include Reps. Thomas Massie (KY), Chip Roy (TX), Anna
Paulina Luna (FL), Harriet M. Hageman (WY), Elijah Crane (AZ), Tim
Burchett (TN), and Josh Brecheen (OK).
The vote came after the House Rules
Committee didn’t allow a vote on an amendment introduced by Rep. Thomas
Massie (R-KY) to strip Section 219 from the NDAA. Rep. Ro Khanna
(D-CA), who supported Massie’s effort, has said he would “fight to strip
this amendment in the conference between the House and the Senate,”
when the two chambers negotiate the final NDAA.
The Senate’s version of the NDAA also includes a provision to integrate the two militaries, but the legislation was blocked by Senate Democrats
last week over President Trump’s war with Iran, which hasn’t been
authorized by Congress and has continued despite both chambers passing a
concurrent War Powers Resolution directing the president to end the
conflict.