Biden signs $770 billion defense bill

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Biden Signs $770 Billion Defense Bill

The National Defense Authorization Act passed Congress with bipartisan support, over the opposition of liberals pushing for more social spending.


The bill that President Biden signed on Monday increased spending in almost every part of the military.Credit...Cheriss May for The New York Times
By Glenn Thrush

Dec. 27, 2021
President Biden signed a nearly $770 billion defense bill on Monday, $24 billion more than he had requested, a setback for antiwar liberals whose efforts to expand social spending have been blocked by Democratic moderates in the name of fiscal responsibility.

Lawmakers increased spending in almost every part of the military, including new funding to counter China’s military expansion, initiatives to bolster the defense of Ukraine and billions in cash for the procurement of advanced aircraft, ships and high-tech hardware.

The bill, the National Defense Authorization Act, also contains a 2.7 percent pay increase for most service members, a broadly popular provision supported by even the dozens of progressives who opposed the legislation’s passage in the House.

The measure, which covers the fiscal year that started on Oct. 1, also changes the way the military handles many internal criminal investigations, particularly those involving sexual assault and sexual harassment.

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Those provisions “are the most transformational thing that has been done by the House Armed Services Committee in my 25 years of service,” said Representative Adam Smith, Democrat of Washington and the chairman of the committee. “There’s a lot to be proud of in this bill.”

The measure passed the House and the Senate this month with wide bipartisan support, despite the liberal House members and the 11 senators who voted against it, citing its steep price tag and the stripping away of policy provisions that would have levied penalties against Russia and Saudi Arabia for human rights abuses, required women to register for the draft and cracked down on extremism within the uniformed services.

But Republicans did not get everything they wanted. Democrats blocked an effort by House conservatives that would have declared that Congress had “lost confidence” in Mr. Biden over his handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The bill overcame intense partisan and intraparty dysfunction that has plagued Congress this year: The Senate neither passed its own defense bill nor considered any amendments, denying lawmakers the chance to vote on several foreign policy issues.

Instead, top congressional officials huddled behind closed doors to cobble together a House bill that could quickly pass both chambers. Those involved in the effort expressed their relief on Monday.

 

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[The Prince of All Saiyans]

Y’all never losing that student debt

 

[Diunx]

 

[Freedman]

What about the inflation

 

[You Win Perfect]

No money for reparations or any of the such available tho

 

[beenz]

the US already outspends EVERY other country in defense spending by a wide margin.

to call it overkill is greatly understating this foolishness.

look at this shyt:

List of countries by military expenditures - Wikipedia

we spend triple what china spends and they are #2 in military spending in the world.

1 United States United States 778.0 3.7 39%

2 China China[a] 252.0 1.7 13%

3 India India 72.9 2.9 3.7%

4 Russia Russian Federation 61.7 4.3 3.1%

5 United Kingdom United Kingdom 59.2 2.2 3.0%

6 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia[a] 57.5 8.4 2.9%

7 Germany Germany 52.8 1.4 2.7%

8 France France 52.7 2.1 2.7%

9 Japan Japan 49.1 1.0 2.5%

10 South Korea South Korea 45.7 2.8 2.3%

11 Italy Italy 28.9 1.6 1.5%

12 Australia Australia 27.5 2.1 1.4%

13 Canada Canada 22.8 1.4 1.1%

14 Israel Israel 21.7 5.6 1.1%

15 Brazil Brazil 19.7 1.4 1.0%

 

[BlackBall]

Military Industrial Complex

 

[-DMP-]

hope we got a good CoL increase this year.

 

[Malcolmxxx_23]

24 billion more than he had requested,

 

[Bubba T]

FYI this bill is passed every year.

 

[You Win Perfect]

the US already outspends EVERY other country in defense spending by a wide margin.

to call it overkill is greatly understating this foolishness.

look at this shyt:

List of countries by military expenditures - Wikipedia

we spend triple what china spends and they are #2 in military spending in the world.

1 United States United States 778.0 3.7 39%

2 China China[a] 252.0 1.7 13%

3 India India 72.9 2.9 3.7%

4 Russia Russian Federation 61.7 4.3 3.1%

5 United Kingdom United Kingdom 59.2 2.2 3.0%

6 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia[a] 57.5 8.4 2.9%

7 Germany Germany 52.8 1.4 2.7%

8 France France 52.7 2.1 2.7%

9 Japan Japan 49.1 1.0 2.5%

10 South Korea South Korea 45.7 2.8 2.3%

11 Italy Italy 28.9 1.6 1.5%

12 Australia Australia 27.5 2.1 1.4%

13 Canada Canada 22.8 1.4 1.1%

14 Israel Israel 21.7 5.6 1.1%

15 Brazil Brazil 19.7 1.4 1.0%

It’s really just money laundering. It’s a good way to hide where the money is actually going

 

[You Win Perfect]

FYI this bill is passed every year.

No shyt

 

[O.T.I.S.]

I wonder if contractors will see that pay increase

 

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