Saturday, July 19, 2025

House Panel Adds Ban on Restoring Confederate Base Names to Defense Bill

After hours of debate that culminated in a rebuke of the Trump administration's efforts to restore Confederate names to military bases, the House Armed Services Committee voted late Tuesday to advance the annual must-pass defense policy bill that endorses a pay bump for service members.

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... This year's National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, which supports a 3.8% pay raise for troops starting in January, was approved by the committee in a bipartisan 55-2 vote, sending it to the full House for a vote in the coming weeks. Just Democratic Reps. Ro Khanna and Sara Jacobs, both of California, opposed the bill.

The bipartisan outcome belies nearly 14 hours of partisan debate on amendments that Democrats sought to use as referendums on the Trump administration. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-19 01:25 AM

Always money for killin'!!!

#2 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2025-07-19 08:13 PM

Good to read that the Dems are putting the hours in to push back, hopefully more of the voting public will give a rat's

#3 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-07-19 08:29 PM

Actual traitorous fools that LOST THE WAR should be forgotten.

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-07-19 08:44 PM

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