this is american voices. as the battle of control of congress heats up before the 2024 election, republicans are showing us how they plan to governor govern if they win. case in point, they re attacking civil rights under the guise of military readiness. on thursday, the house passed a new defense spending bill, going after anything they deem as quote, woke. republican amendments to the bill include ending diversity training, limiting health care for trans service members, that bill would also rollback a pentagon policy covering travel expenses for military members. who must now travel out of state for abortion access, following the overturn of roe v. wade. this legislation made possible by a far-right faction of the house that demanded these controversial amendments to negotiations with house speaker kevin mccarthy. and this week could be a preview of the battle over government spending this fall. the new york times writes quote, mccarthy s to the right is a gambl
meteorologist on why it feels, quite literally and figuratively like a turning point on climate change. this is american voices. as the battle for control of congress heats up ahead of the 2024 election, republicans are showing up how they plan to govern if they win. case in point, they are attacking civil rights under the guise of military readiness. on thursday, the house passed a new defense spending bill, going after anything they deem as quote, woke. republican amendments to the bill include ending diversity training, limiting health care for trans service members, that bill would also rollback a pentagon service policy covering travel expenses for military members. who must now travel out of state for abortion access, following the overturn of roe v. wade. this legislation made possible by a far-right faction of the house that demanded these controversial amendments to negotiations with house speaker kevin mccarthy. and this week could be a preview of the battle over
military members. who must now travel out of state for abortion access, following the overturn of roe v. wade. this legislation made possible by a far-right faction of the house that demanded these controversial amendments to negotiations with house speaker kevin mccarthy. and this week could be a preview of the battle over government spending this fall. the new york times writes quote, mccarthy capitulation s to the right is a gamble that could become a playbook overspending federal spending. hard-liners are pressing to impose similar socially conservative policies. government wide. when it comes to the defense bill, it is doa, in the democratic-controlled senate, and if house republicans refused to budge over their culture war grievances, it would be the first time in six decades that congress failed to agree on defense spending. all because far-right republicans did not get their way. in the meantime, alabama senator, tommy tuberville has single-handedly blocked hundreds of military
government spending this fall. the new york times writes quote, mccarthy s to the right is a gamble that could become a playbook overspending federal spending. hard-liners are pressing to impose similar socially conservative policies. government wide. when it comes to the defense bill, it is doa, the democratic -controlled senate, and if house republicans refused to budge over their culture war grievances, it would be the first time in six decades that congress failed to agree on defense spending. all because far-right republicans did not get their way. in the meantime, alabama senator, tommy tuberville has single-handedly flocked hundreds of military nominations over the pentagon s abortion policy. president biden calling the move, quote totally irresponsible. here s technique of moderate and from republicans behind the lincoln project pushed back on tuberville stubbornness. today the marine corps it is a domestic enemy. a small man with a big mouth, determined to destroy the cor