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The House is expected to vote Tuesday on a procedural rule for the $1.15 trillion annual defense policy bill, setting up a test of whether Speaker Mike Johnson can corral his narrow majority amid a Republican revolt over President Donald Trump\u2019s top legislative priority, the SAVE America Act.<\/p>\n

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The vote is the next hurdle for the National Defense Authorization Act<\/u><\/span>, a must-pass measure that authorizes Pentagon programs and policy for the coming year. If Republicans adopt the rule, lawmakers are expected to begin debate on amendments and move toward final passage as soon as Wednesday, ahead of leaving for the Independence Day recess.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s anybody\u2019s guess whether Johnson\u2019s gambit to regain control of the House floorwill succeed. Asked for a forecast, House Armed Services Chair Mike Rogers (R-Alabama) said to reporters, \u201cI\u2019ll let you know in three days.\u201d<\/p>\n

The House Rules Committee on Monday approved a slate of more than 300 amendments for floor votes, teeing up several contentious debates, including a proposal from Rep. Eli Crane (R-Arizona) to ban funds for Ukraine security aid, which is likely to split Republicans.<\/p>\n

Several Republican amendments targeted transgender troops and military family members. A measure proposed by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) would bar transgender servicemembers, while amendments from Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) would ban certain gender-related medical treatments under the military\u2019sTRICARE program and prohibit male participation in female sports at Defense Department schools.<\/p>\n

Still, the NDAA may be caught in Washington\u2019s biggest tangles, as Republicans fight over how and whether to tie the SAVE America Act to the defense bill. Ahead of the House vote on the rule, Republicans braced for some defections and hoped for a few Democrats to come to their rescue.<\/p>\n

To break the intraparty impasse, Johnson proposed a maneuver Monday dubbed a \u201cMIRV\u201d that would allow the House to tack the elections legislation to the defense bill before sending it to the Senate. The Rules Committee included a provision to do so.<\/p>\n

MIRV stands for Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle, a multiwarhead missile payload \u2014 a euphemism for the packaging of multiple pieces of legislation.<\/p>\n

But the proposal immediately drew opposition from Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Florida), who has insisted that Johnson\u2019s plan \u201cwon\u2019t work.\u201d She warned that she and other conservatives will oppose the procedural rule governing debate, thereby jamming the House floor, if they are denied a standalone vote on her amendment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want it baked prior,\u201d Luna said. \u201cIf it\u2019s a MIRV, to my understanding, it can be stripped out in the Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want full bakedge,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Asked whether the Senate could still remove the provision in negotiations over the defense bill, Luna acknowledged the possibility.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is my job to try to at least give Save America the best chance that it has,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd, in my opinion, it\u2019s being attached to that vehicle as a must-pass piece of legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnson confirmed the emerging plan on Monday after telling reporters earlier he wanted to pass the Save America Act as part of a House party-line reconciliation bill. Reconciliation was \u201cin process\u201d and \u201cthe only way\u201d to get the Save America Act to the president\u2019s desk, he said.<\/p>\n

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Democrats dismissed the maneuver.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a zero percent chance the SAVE Act ends up in the NDAA,\u201d said Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts, the top Democrat on the House Rules Committee, calling the push a \u201cshell game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not all conservatives shared Luna\u2019s objections. Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina, a member of the House Freedom Caucus and the Rules Committee, said he would support the rule if it advanced the SAVE America Act through the MIRV procedure.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether that satisfies Luna, time will tell,\u201d he told NOTUS.<\/p>\n

Rep. Austin Scott (R-Georgia), also on the Rules Committee, cast doubt on whether joining the two bills would improve the Save Act\u2019s chances in the Senate.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe could vote to send it to the Senate every day,\u201d he said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t mean the Senate\u2019s going to do anything with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The fight underscores the political morass surrounding Trump\u2019s latest push to enact the voting legislation that would require proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote and mandate photo identification for casting ballots in federal elections. The measure would also sharply limit the use of mail-in voting.<\/p>\n

The issue took on new urgency Monday after the Supreme Court rebuffed a Republican-led challenge to state laws for mail-in ballots<\/u><\/span>. Trump then renewed his call for the Senate, where Republicans don\u2019t have the votes to pass the bill<\/u><\/span>, to take it up.<\/p>\n

When the House Rules Committee met Monday, Rogers pitched the defense bill as essential to rebuilding the defense industrial base and deterring adversaries such as China.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must take action to address these problems before American deterrence erodes any further,\u201d he told the Rules Committee. \u201cWe are giving the industry the certainty it needs to invest, expand and produce faster.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Democrats are already leery of the bill. Rep. Adam Smith of Washington, the Armed Services panel\u2019s top Democrat, said the legislation addresses real global threats, but he argued its part of an irresponsible Republican spending plan that includes $350 billion through a party-line reconciliation bill and $80 billion tied to military operations against Iran.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot afford a $1.6 trillion defense budget,\u201d Smith said. \u201cUkraine has developed very cheap technologies that has enabled them to stop in its tracks a vastly larger military. We need to develop that instead of thinking we can buy absolutely everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Democrats also used the debate to criticize Trump\u2019s military campaign against Iran and its economic impact.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you talk about national security, it\u2019s more than the number of bombs we have,\u201d McGovern said. \u201cPeople are worried about whether they can afford groceries at the supermarket.\u201d<\/p>\n

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