{"id":33835,"date":"2023-09-13T20:50:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T20:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/09\/13\/freedom-caucus-derails-pentagon-spending-bill-foreshadowing-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:00:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:00:57","slug":"freedom-caucus-derails-pentagon-spending-bill-foreshadowing-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2023\/09\/13\/freedom-caucus-derails-pentagon-spending-bill-foreshadowing-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom Caucus derails Pentagon spending bill, foreshadowing shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 Republican leaders on Wednesday were unable to muster the votes needed to pass the House\u2019s annual Pentagon spending legislation amid a revolt from the right-wing Freedom Caucus, despite numerous conservative policy riders on the bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Republicans had scheduled procedural votes on the legislation for Wednesday, but scrapped them amid Freedom Caucus opposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The possible delay in passing the House\u2019s $826 billion Pentagon funding legislation highlights the looming prospect of a government shutdown, with the Freedom Caucus refusing to advance any appropriations bills \u2013 or a short-term funding extension \u2013 unless they secure non-defense spending cuts at levels even lower than what Congress agreed to in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2023\/05\/29\/debt-ceiling-agreement-locks-in-bidens-proposed-defense-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\">May\u2019s debt ceiling deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Republican party always wants to defend the nation and always wants to support our militaries,\u201d House Freedom Caucus Chairman Scott Perry, R-Pa., told reporters on Tuesday. \u201cBut what we\u2019re not going to do is say that we\u2019re going to pass things without knowing what the plan is and knowing that it leads to increases spending that is crippling our citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2023\/09\/11\/gop-defense-budgets-abortion-diversity-limits-draw-biden-veto-threat\/\" target=\"_blank\">White House on Monday issued a veto threat<\/a> against the fiscal 2024 Pentagon spending bill, chiefly because of socially conservative provisions including language that would bar the Pentagon from implementing its abortion leave policy as well as diversity and inclusion initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The partisan dispute mirrors a summer debate over<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2023\/07\/14\/house-narrowly-passes-defense-bill-after-dems-defect-over-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\"> the fiscal 2024 defense policy bill, which the House passed 219-210 in July <\/a>after most Democrats abandoned the typically bipartisan legislation over several Freedom Caucus amendments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republican leaders put those Freedom Caucus amendments on the floor to secure their support in passing the defense policy bill. They tried to use the same playbook for the Pentagon spending bill this week, offering to put numerous amendments from right-wing lawmakers to the defense spending bill on the floor for votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those amendments included one from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., that would reduce Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin\u2019s salary to $1 per year. Another from Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., would have banned military aid to Ukraine. The House voted down 70-358 a similar Gaetz amendment to the defense bill in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strategy of putting Freedom Caucus amendments on the floor worked in July but<b> <\/b>has failed to appease the right-flank of the Republican Caucus so far this week. Republican leaders spent Wednesday trying to whip the Freedom Caucus to back the Pentagon spending bill, so far to no avail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve been underestimated from the very beginning of this Congress,\u201d House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik of New York told Defense News on Wednesday. \u201cOur whip is doing a great job communicating with all of our members, and we\u2019re confident that we\u2019re going to continue to work through that and move forward the appropriations process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the path forward remains unclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Looming shutdown<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has pushed his caucus to pass a short-term funding bill through mid-November to give the House more time to pass its own appropriations bills as leverage against the bipartisan spending bills that the Democratic-held Senate plans to pass in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Perry and more than a dozen Freedom Caucus members also vowed at Tuesday\u2019s press conference to oppose a stopgap government funding bill that Congress needs to pass by September 30 to avoid a shutdown \u2013 unless they get the steep spending cuts they seek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pay-benefits\/mil-money\/2023\/09\/07\/military-pay-could-be-a-casualty-of-looming-government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Adam Smith of Washington, the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, told the Defense News Conference this month that troops could stop receiving their paychecks <\/a>under a shutdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt would be unbelievably disruptive to the ability of our servicemen and women to do their jobs and protect our country,\u201d said Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Freedom Caucus has also rallied against the White House\u2019s request for an additional $24 billion in Ukraine aid, including $13 billion for the Pentagon to continue providing military assistance for Kyiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McCarthy has floated splitting Ukraine aid from the stopgap funding bill and offering it as a separate measure in exchange for more border security funding. This puts him at odds with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who has pushed aggressively for continued U.S. support for Ukraine in a series of floor speeches over the past week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the Freedom Caucus demands spending cuts, Senate Republicans have taken the opposite approach. They joined Democrats in using a provision in the May debt ceiling bill to increase funding levels beyond the negotiated caps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2023\/07\/27\/senators-rally-to-boost-defense-spending-with-1-billion-for-taiwan\/\" target=\"_blank\">Senate Appropriations Committee advanced 27-1 its $832 billion Pentagon spending bill <\/a>in July, including $8 billion in emergency funds beyond the debt ceiling caps. 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