US Senate passes defense bill that raises troop pay and strips trans care for kids of military
Bill authorizes pay raises, strips coverage of trans medical treatments for children and aims to counter China’s power
The Senate passed a defense bill on Wednesday that authorizes significant pay raises for junior enlisted service members, aims to counter China’s growing power and boosts overall military spending to $895bn while also stripping coverage of transgender medical treatments for children of military members.
The annual defense authorization bill usually gains strong bipartisan support and has not failed to pass Congress in nearly six decades, but the Pentagon policy measure in recent years has become a battleground for cultural issues. Republicans this year sought to tack on to the legislation priorities for social conservatives, contributing to a months-long negotiation over the bill and a falloff in support from Democrats.
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Senate passes annual defense bill
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Senate Clears Defense Bill Denying Transgender Care to Minors
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Senate passes $895B Defense bill; some Dems defect over transgender fight
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Democratic senators seek to ax transgender care ban from defense bill
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Defense bill banning trans care for minors could put some families in 'survival mode'
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House passes massive defense bill with ban on gender-affirming care for transgender kids
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