Senate Set to Adopt $886 Billion Defense Bill

NDAA advances despite objections to abortion travel policy and a ‘backroom deal’ denying aid to people ‘poisoned by their own government’ in building ‘The Bomb’

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) speaks during a march for Israel in Washington on Nov. 14, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The Senate Dec. 12 agreed to end floor debate on the draft $886.3 billion defense budget, a standard procedural step that sets the stage for a Dec. 13 chamber adoption.

But the parliamentary maneuvering that preceded the rarely-contested cloture motion was anything but standard in advancing the military appropriations package, or National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).