If it had only passed committee, I believe it would have said that. The link implies it's passed the Senate as a part of an attempt to align House and Senate bills for the 2017 NDAA. This is extremely dangerous. It's being treated as a final adjustment to get the House and Senate versions of NDAA to align, but instead it's a completely new thing that was dropped in there. Now either the House has to reject the bill, thus failing to complete the NDAA and forcing it back again to the Senate, or the House says "oh well" and agrees to it -- and it goes to Obama to sign into law!
This is a last minute ambush, and the only hope is to get the house to REJECT the entire Conference Report.
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thisistotallynotme ago
Note: this HAS NOT passed the House, or the Senate. It was just passed through committee. This will likely fall on its face come inauguration.
cover20 ago
If it had only passed committee, I believe it would have said that. The link implies it's passed the Senate as a part of an attempt to align House and Senate bills for the 2017 NDAA. This is extremely dangerous. It's being treated as a final adjustment to get the House and Senate versions of NDAA to align, but instead it's a completely new thing that was dropped in there. Now either the House has to reject the bill, thus failing to complete the NDAA and forcing it back again to the Senate, or the House says "oh well" and agrees to it -- and it goes to Obama to sign into law!
This is a last minute ambush, and the only hope is to get the house to REJECT the entire Conference Report.
thatguyiam ago
This is the death knell for the USA then
sunajAeon ago
It is a real eye-opener how many politicians are corrupt
justiceforever ago
Thank you for the clarification!
warrior_of_light ago
No it did pass the Senate, the guy is wrong.
justiceforever ago
Well crap.
Fifthestateknows ago
Not so sure
warrior_of_light ago
My source states it passed the Senate and now has to pass in the house. If you are correct, please post a source. Thank you.