By Thérèse BoudreauxThe Center SquareA $1.15 trillion annual defense funding bill finally passed the U.S. House Wednesday after weeks of delay. Six Democrats joined all but seven Republicans in voting to support the National Defense Authorization Act, which outlines defense spending and authorizes Pentagon programs for fiscal year 2027. Johnson had allowed the controversial rule vote to appease a group of House Republican hardliners, who in June blocked the NDAA from even reaching the floor over demands that he attach the voter ID bill. The Senate’s 60-vote threshold for passage and near-universal Democratic opposition to the voter ID bill, however, means the House’s NDAA-SAVE package has virtually no chance of passing the upper chamber. If you would like to contribute to this service – and want it to continue – it would be greatly appreciated.