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HEADLINE: US Senate Begins Debate on Annual Massive Defense Spending Bill
TEASER: Senate version will likely differ from House-passed $874 billion legislation
PUBLISHED AT: 07/17/2023 at 5:50 pm
BYLINE: Katherine Gypson
PRODUCERS: Katherine Gypson
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DATELINE: Washington
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SCRIPT EDITORS: Reifenrath, Bowman
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UPDATE: Gypson is filing an accompanying web article. Gypson is working with the Defense Health Agency to get broll for the lines that do not yet have video cues. ))
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[[The U.S. Senate will begin debate this week on a massive spending bill setting the spending priorities for the U.S. military for the coming year. Democrats and Republicans have already clashed in the House of Representatives over how much the legislation should include for aid to Ukraine, diversity initiatives and abortion. VOA’s Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson has more.]]
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The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives passed the $874.2 billion defense legislation on Friday by a vote of 219 to 210,
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authorizing new funding to modernize the US military.
((Radio version: Kevin McCarthy is the speaker of the House.))
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((Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the House))
“Cutting-edge technology that is essential for the future of this country and to keep freedom around the world in the rise of China and Russia will receive more investment than we've watched in the past.”
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Five Republican-led attempts to end U.S. aid to Ukraine failed. The majority of Republicans voted with Democrats to pass $300 million in funding for Ukraine. But conservatives did score several victories against the Biden administration.
((Radio version: Republican Representative Ronny Jackson))
((Rep. Ronny Jackson, Republican))
“Taxpayer money is provided to the DOD [Department of Defense] and intended to provide for our national defense and our national security. It is not, not to promote and support the Biden administration’s radical, immoral, pro-abortion agenda.”
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Republicans argue that government health insurance should not cover abortions for service members, and that the Pentagon should not lead diversity initiatives that include outreach to transgender people.
((Radio version: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries is the top Democrat in the US House of Representatives))
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((Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Leader))
“It is woefully irresponsible that extreme MAGA Republicans have hijacked a bipartisan bill that is essential to our national security and taken it over and weaponized it in order to jam their extreme right-wing ideology down the throats of the American people.”
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Those conservative priorities in the House bill mean it has no chance of passage in the Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate.
((Radio version: Rep. Michael McCaul is the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee))
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((Rep. Michael McCaul, Republican))
“Obviously, a lot of these amendments will be probably stripped out and the Senate will have a little different version. But overall, you know, an increase in defense spending and our troops get a pay raise. It's a very critical time right now. It's a dangerous world."
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The Senate will begin debate Tuesday – with its final legislation expected to look very different from the House-passed version.
((Katherine Gypson, VOA News, Washington))
NewsML Media TopicsArts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
NetworkVOA
Location (dateline)
VOA News, Washington D. C.
Embargo DateJuly 17, 2023 19:04 EDT
Byline
Katherine Gypson, VOA News
Brand / Language ServiceVoice of America - English
