Two hundred and twenty-one GOP lawmakers also voted to bar gender-affirming health care.

Kevin McCarthy has pledged that his party will oppose a budget bill funding the Defense Department’s operations next year if a rule supported by the president and military isn’t revoked.

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) argued the measure ‘will make it harder to recruit’ military members.

Sen. Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans continue efforts to block President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda.

The Florida Republican is stopping the Senate from moving forward on the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act.

The Senate GOP filibustered the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act in hopes of forcing numerous amendment votes.

The policy would prevent gun violence committed by military service members, gun safety advocates say.

Even some Republicans have backed the idea of including women in the Selective Service System.

Perdue is also chairman of a Senate subcommittee.

They previously backed the National Defense Authorization Act but now stand with Trump against it.

Supermajorities in the House and Senate voted to pass the annual defense authorization, despite Trump’s veto threats.

Mitch McConnell plans to bring up for a vote in the Senate a defense authorization bill that Donald Trump has vowed to veto.