Chaos erupts as House passes $1.15T defense bill with Israel provision: 'Stop stoking Jew hatred'
A bipartisan coalition fought Section 219's U.S.-Israel defense cooperation provision, but the $1.15 trillion NDAA still cleared the House Wednesday.
The House passed its $1.15 trillion annual defense policy bill Wednesday after a bipartisan revolt over a provision expanding U.S.
-Israel defense technology cooperation.The fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act passed 216-212, with Republicans largely supporting and Democrats mostly opposing the measure.The annual bill, which sets Pentagon policy and typically draws broad bipartisan support, received only six Democratic votes as much of the caucus objected to Section 219 and Republican-backed amendments restricting transgender care and easing access to personal firearms on military bases.
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AID TO ISRAELOpposition came from a coalition of progressive Democrats and Republican skeptics of U.S. support for Israel, who accused congressional leaders of shielding the provision from scrutiny after lawmakers were denied a separate vote to remove it.
The fight erupted as support for Israel has weakened among House Democrats and some "America First" Republicans amid the war in Gaza and the widening conflict with Iran. Just one week earlier, 103 Democrats joined Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky.
, in voting to block $3.3 billion in U.S.
aid to Israel.For opponents, Section 219 would move the relationship in the opposite direction by embedding U.S.
-Israel cooperation more deeply inside the Pentagon’s weapons-development and acquisition system. The provision would direct the defense secretary to designate a Pentagon "executive agent" to coordinate and accelerate bilateral defense research, testing and industrial cooperation.Critics argued that structure would make the relationship harder for future administrations or Congresses to unwind and could shift parts of the partnership away from highly visible aid votes into less visible technology, procurement and production arrangements.
Supporters said it would coordinate longstanding programs and give the United States faster access to Israeli defense technol
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