Senate passes $778 billion NDAA by overwhelming majority; Here’s who voted NO

The Senate just passed the $778 billon NDAA and they did it by an overwhelming majority. Only 10 Senators voted against it:

FOX NEWS – The Senate on Wednesday passed a $778 billion national defense spending bill in an overwhelmingly 89-10 vote, advancing the bill to the president’s desk for signature.

The National Defense Authorization Act passed through the House earlier this month by a 363-70 vote and is set to fund national defense programs and policy initiatives for the Department of Defense for 2022.

Roughly $740 billion of the legislation’s sum will provide funding for the Pentagon, including a $25 billion boost to President Biden’s initial defense budget request from earlier this year.

Another $28 billion will be set aside for nuclear weapons programs.

The GOP did get a few concessions in the bill:

Service members can expect to see a 2.7% pay raise and active-duty members who refuse to get the jab in their arms to ward off the coronavirus will no longer be subject to a dishonorable discharge.

“Simply put, a dishonorable discharge treats our heroes as felons,” Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., said in a statement. “I support the vaccine, but I also support those who are defending our freedoms and have carefully weighed their decision on whether to receive the COVID vaccine.”

The GOP garnered another win in successfully removing the stipulation that would make all women subject to selective service, otherwise known as the draft.

The 10 Senators who voted against the bill were a mix of Republicans and Democrats:

Braun (R-IN)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Lee (R-UT)
Markey (D-MA)
Merkley (D-OR)
Padilla (D-CA)
Paul (R-KY)
Sanders (I-VT)
Warren (D-MA)
Wyden (D-OR)

Only one Republican didn’t vote at all and that was Lummis (R-WY).


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