House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., left, and ranking member Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., testify on the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, during a House Rules Committee meeting in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, June 11, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON — Down a mainly party line vote today, the House passed its version of a $1.15 trillion fiscal 2027 defense authorization bill on a 216-to-212 vote after GOP leaders succeeded with a plan to later merge it with a controversial voter eligibility measure.
“[There are] provisions in this bill that some folks disagree with, but understand that this is just a single step in a long process,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., said on the chamber floor today before the final vote on the FY27 National Defense Authorization Act.
“I want everyone to know that we will continue to work in a bipartisan manner as we make our way through the conference committee,” he added before the vote that saw seven Republicans vote no and six Democrats vote in support. “We will work to produce a bill that can pass both chambers and be signed into law.”
