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House NDAA Debate Continues With Measures To Block Ukraine Aid, Contentious GOP Policies

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, June 13th, 2024

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House NDAA Debate Continues With Measures To Block Ukraine Aid, Contentious GOP Policies

Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee, speaks during floor debate of the FY '25 NDAA on June 13, 2024. Photo: Screenshot of U.S. House livestream.

The House on Thursday continued considering the fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, debating a series of amendments aimed at prohibiting further Ukraine aid and a slew of GOP-proposed policy measures that Democrats have called “poison pills.” Ahead of a likely vote on final passage of the defense policy bill on Friday, the House is continuing through a series of votes that has included a bipartisan effort to block a measure from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) that would…

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