House Passes Massive Defense Bill Despite FISA Objections

Massive $886.3 billion spending package heads to President Joe Biden’s desk after 90-minute rocket-docket debate and vote.
House Passes Massive Defense Bill Despite FISA Objections
The Pentagon, in Arlington, Va., on Dec. 26, 2011. Staff/AFP via Getty Images
John Haughey
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The annual defense policy bill is headed for the president’s desk, nearly three months late but just in time for Congress to get home for the holidays to end its year.

House conservatives raised objections over the massive package’s exclusion of “anti-woke” provisions that the chamber approved in July, including the repeal of the Pentagon’s abortion travel policy, and challenged its inclusion of a four-month extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s (FISA’s) Section 702, forcing a preliminary vote to adjourn rather than vote on a “flawed” bill.

John Haughey
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John Haughey is an award-winning Epoch Times reporter who covers U.S. elections, U.S. Congress, energy, defense, and infrastructure. Mr. Haughey has more than 45 years of media experience. You can reach John via email at [email protected]
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