The House voted 281-140 on Wednesday to pass a bicameral compromise version of the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, with a majority of Democrats voting against the bill.
The House action on the $883.7 billion legislation paves the way for a Senate vote in the coming days to clear the measure for its likely enactment into law for the 64th consecutive fiscal year.
The NDAA typically has more bipartisan support in the House than it did on Wednesday. But the usual group of Democratic “no” votes each year was supplemented this time around by the opposition to the bill from Democratic hawks and doves alike, while Republicans mostly backed the measure. Democrats voted 81-124 on passage.
