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msnbc political analyst. ali, what is happening with the vote at this hour? reporter: yeah, i believe, jose, the vote is not yet closed, but that the ndaa, the national defense authorization act, has passed. brandon knows this hallway well. i m peering down into the chamber as i m watching members leave, specifically looking out for the speaker who seemed to go away from our camera, but if he comes back, we ll try to engage him. what is notable about this vote, though, is the amendments that you talked about just at the beginning of the segment, by putting those things in, put the national defense authorization act, which is typically bipartisan into flux for democrats. many of them saying that because of what we saw from republicans on abortion-related expenses, trying to get the pentagon to change its policy there on being against transgender surgeries and healthcare in the military, on hormone treatment, things of that nature, these amendments made it so most democrats could not v
and we begin this morning with breaking news on capitol hill. where a major defense bill has been turned into a debate over social issues. overnight, the republican-led house passed a series of amendments to nearly $900 billion defense policy bill. the amendments include overturning the pentagon s abortion policy, banning transgender health services for military personnel and other things. meanwhile, republican senator tommy tuberville continues to hold up military promotions over the pentagon s abortion policy, which defense secretary lloyd austin warned was a national security issue. this is a national security issue, it is a readiness issue, and we shouldn t kid ourselves. i think any member of the senate armed services committee knows that. joining us from capitol hill is ali vitali. also with us is brandon buck, an
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closed doors with his conference, urged his members to only put things into this bill that were germane, directly relevant. many of them argued that abortion and the way the pentagon is saying that they will provide support and funds to service members who want to travel to access abortion care, they would argue that military and abortion access are now inextricably linked, which partially explains why we see that amendment in this bill. the speaker tried to avoid some of the more controversial things here, and any controversy that was avoided in the short-term, again, we re probably going to see it in the fall spending fight. far from the end. indeed, far from the end. brandon, how do you see it? talk to us about the ndaa, its role, its importance and how now the gop including all these amendments in the ndaa is changing things. i want to emphasize something ali said. the ndaa is typically one of the most bipartisan things that congress does all year. we pass one every single year