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Anyone know the strategy there?
For the benefit of those who are not too politically inclined, I'll spell it out. Have also made the subject line less wonky.
The latest defense spending bill (the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA) was passed by the house with an amendment hard fought for by Barbara Lee and others to repeal the AUMF (I refuse to fucking spell that out).
Why was the version od this bill which struck Lee's amendment passed by the House?
What is the reason?
snowybirdie
(5,241 posts)if you'd explain what AUMF and NDAA refer to.
murielm99
(30,777 posts)snowybirdie
(5,241 posts)Business writing. We were admonished never to use shortcuts like these without first explaining fully what they mean. A pet peeve!
redqueen
(115,103 posts)Some people educate themselves. You have a library at your fingertips. Your choices about what subjects you actively seek out and which you do not are your choice.
snowybirdie
(5,241 posts)Has the proper rules of modern writing.
redqueen
(115,103 posts)phleshdef
(11,936 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,482 posts)the AUMF. The Senate took it out in July with a vote of 86-8.
redqueen
(115,103 posts)Which they did. I'm wondering why they voted for it despite the amendment being stripped
roody
(10,849 posts)redqueen
(115,103 posts)Its very existence is shameful.
onenote
(42,782 posts)And the Democrats weren't going to hold it up. The conference committee went with the Senate on this issue. It's what happens.
redqueen
(115,103 posts)And that a majority of Americans would agree.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)comments that address the question posed in the op and not criticism of the mechanics of the op. That's a distraction.