In a statement, the top Republicans and Democrats serving on the Senate and House armed services committees hailed the “months of hard-fought and productive negotiations” that resulted in what they called a bipartisan measure that “strengthens our national security and supports our servicemembers.” The statement was attributed to Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Rep. Mike D. Rogers (R-Ala.) and Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.).
https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/jack-reed/summary?cid=N00000362
While I believe Harry Reid was a profoundly important guy in all of this, I am skeptical the current democrats want/care about disclosure.
Democrats control half the vote in congress, given right wing holdouts + Santos getting booted.
The NDAA does not get passed without democrat support!
Also, I find it interesting that a freshmen senator from Rhode Island – smallest state in the US (1.1 million pop) – is ranking member on a bill that is responsible for 850 billion in spending.
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