House passes defense policy bill, a rebuke of GOP's far-right fringe - The Boston Globe

Dec 14, 2023 View Original Article
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    10% Center

  • Reliability

    35% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    76% Negative

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Overall Sentiment

21% Positive

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"The compromise bill approved Thursday stripped away nearly all of the hard right's culture-war provisions -- including a measure that would have barred the Defense Department from reimbursing travel costs incurred by service members who travel out of state to obtain an abortion."
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-16% Liberal
"A vote for this bill is a perpetuation of the woke policies undermining our military, bringing down the morale driving down recruiting and now undermining the civil liberties of the American people, Representative Chip Roy, a Texas Republican, said."
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"Notably, the NDAA also extends the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which the Biden administration has used to help support Ukraine's ongoing war with Russia, through fiscal 2027."
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-10% Liberal
"With this NDAA conference report you almost feel like a parent who's sent a child off to summer camp, and they've come back a monster, said Representative Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican."
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-24% Liberal
"I really don't understand where people get the idea that the way the world works is you get absolutely everything you want, Smith said, taking aim at Republicans complaining about the compromise."
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-28% Liberal
"Representative Adam Smith of Washington, the House Armed Services Committee's top Democrat, acknowledged that the two sides had disagreements as they worked through the final compromise legislation, saying, There are a lot of things in this bill that I do not like."
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-34% Liberal

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42% : The compromise bill approved Thursday stripped away nearly all of the hard right's culture-war provisions -- including a measure that would have barred the Defense Department from reimbursing travel costs incurred by service members who travel out of state to obtain an abortion.

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