Defect of democrats on the annual bill on the defense of the PASS on transgender amendments

On Wednesday evening, the House of Representatives adopted its version of the annual Congress Defense Bill, although in incredibly supported lines.

For decades, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) experienced the support of the majority of Democrats and Republicans. However, this has changed in recent years, and the trend seems to have continued with the 2026 (FY) bill.

The legislation was adopted 231-196 after a long series of votes, 17 democrats voting in favor and 192 against. The head of the minority of the Hakeem Jeffries room, DN.Y., and other best democrats have opposed the bill.

Democratic legislators had spent hours beforehand by the GOP on mainly transgender issues, several of which were successfully voted in the bill.

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President Mike Johnson, R-La., And the leader of the Hakeem Jeffries minority, DN.Y., were represented at the American Capitol in 2024. (Getty Images)

Several modifications of the representative Nancy Mace, RS.C., for example, placing limits to the spaces to which the cadets of the transgender service academy can access, mainly transmitted from partisan lines.

Another amendment by representative Jimmy Patronis, R -Fla., Consulted to eliminate preference for motor vehicles using electric or hybrid propulsion systems and the related requirements of the Ministry of Defense, was mainly Republicans – although six Democrats have also joined approval.

Representative Cory Mills, R-Fla., Introduced an amendment to prevent pride flags or other ideological banners displayed on military installations, which have also transmitted almost partisan lines.

Representative Adam Smith, D-Wash., The best democrat of the House Armed Services Committee, announced Tuesday that he would vote against the final adoption of the bill if certain amendments led by the GOP were in the last room.

Smith also torn the Republicans for not having authorized votes on a chamber level on amendments led only by the Democrats in the bill, which were all filtered when the Chamber’s Rules Committee was considering legislation earlier this week.

Representative Adam Smith, D-Wash., The best democrat of the House Armed Services Committee, warned that he would vote against the bill. (Scott J. Ferrell / Congressional Quarterly / Getty Images)

“There are a number of problematic amendments included in the rule that focuses on division subjects rather than strengthening our national security. If these changes were adopted, I will vote against the final adoption of the bill,” said Smith in a statement.
“For 65 years, the adoption of the law on the authorization of national defense has testified to the shared respect for the duty of the congress to predict joint defense and to place the needs of American security and the American national defense above the policy. The rule undermines this long-standing tradition by not inclining the significant amendments offered by the Democrats to solve critical problems.”

Representative Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., Previously pronounced against changes also targeting transgender problems.

“Many people in this organ have received sexual care. Filling is affirmative care.

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The representative Nancy Mace, RS.C., announces that she will appear as Governor of South Carolina at a press conference at the Citadel in Charleston, in South Carolina, August 4, 2025. (Tracy Glantz / The State / Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

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It provoked an angry response from Mace, “it’s ridiculous! You are absolutely ridiculous.”

Four Republicans voted against the bill in addition to the dozens of democrats, including Marjorie Taylor Greene representatives, R-GA., And Thomas Massie, R-Ky., Skeptical long-standing skeptics of funding for foreign aid in NDAA.

The Democrats who voted in favor of the bill include representatives Jared Golden, D-Maine, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., Don Davis, Dn.C., Henry Cuellar, D-Texas and Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas.

The NDAA is a bill adopted annually which sets the objectives of the Defense and National Security policy for the United States

The Senate should also examine its own version of the bill, after which the two chambers must compromise and consider them again before going to the office of President Donald Trump for a signature.