WASHINGTON — The House signed off on an annual defense policy package that includes provisions ending diversity and inclusion programs, prohibiting services for transgender individuals and banning payments to service members for travel to obtain abortions.
Georgia’s delegation split strictly along party lines, with all nine Republicans in favor and all five Democrats opposed.
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s “yes” vote was a reversal from her position Thursday night, when she pledged to oppose the National Defense Authorization Act because her amendments stripping funding and other resources for Ukraine had failed.
