Far-right Republicans opposed military funding bill because of trans soldiers. It passed without them.

The House passed a bipartisan military funding bill last night that some Republicans voted against because it doesn’t block “medical expenses for those who engage in transgender surgery.”

SCOTUS Protest for LGBTQ Equality, Washington, DC USA – 2019.10.08
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Far-right opponents of the $768 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022 tried to make the debate about transgender health care access in the military but ultimately failed as the bipartisan bill passed the House in a 363 to 70 vote last night.

The NDAA is legislation to fund the military that is considered “must-pass” legislation each year. But it stalled this year, in part because of some Republicans’ attempts to paint it as a “woke military agenda” that would fund, among other things, gender affirming health care for transgender service members.

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The NDAA passed the House and the Senate Armed Services Committee in September but stalled in the full Senate, leading some to speculate about what would happen if Congress didn’t pass an NDAA this year.

169 Democrats and 194 Republicans voted for a compromise NDAA bill last night; 51 Democrats and 19 Republicans voted against the bill. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) did not vote on it.

“The NDAA, in its current form, would push through a woke military agenda like we’ve never seen before,” said extreme conservative Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) before the bill passed.

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) led a group of far-right opponents to the bill who said the military would…

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