Defense Bill's Fate Teeters After GOP Wedges In Social Issues

WASHINGTON — The fate of the annual defense bill was in doubt Friday, after Republicans loaded the legislation with a raft of conservative social policy restrictions limiting access to abortions, gender transition procedures and diversity training for military personnel, alienating Democrats whose votes GOP leaders had seen as crucial to passing the legislation. Democrats pledged to oppose the bill in a vote expected Friday morning, accusing GOP leaders of having turned what began as a bipartisa

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