The House passed an $886 billion military spending bill on Friday, with four Democrats joining Republicans. The bill contains several Republican amendments targeting abortion access, gender-affirming care, and climate policies. Progressives criticized the bill for allocating the largest military budget ever, failing to cut wasteful spending, and including amendments that attack women’s rights, LGBTQ rights, and climate action. They urged the Senate to remove the “hateful measures” when reconciling the two chambers’ bills. The bill’s fate remains unclear as the Senate must still pass its own version and reconcile differences with the House bill.

  • fades@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    All this talk of corpos and their precious quarterly record profits year after year but I feel like the military budget has been doing the exact same for much much longer

    MIC go brrr