HR 5009 Rule – FY 2025 NDAA

This afternoon the House Rules Committee met to formulate the rule for the consideration this week of three bills, including the Senate Amendment to HR 5009 {the vehicle for they FY 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)}. The Committee approved a closed rule for the consideration of the amended version of HR 5009. It provides for one hour of debate and no amendments from the floor.

There were only five Republican members of the Committee present for the vote on the rule, but it did include Rep Roy (R, TX), one of the three Freedom Caucus members. This would seem to indicate that there will not be any Republican opposition to the passage of the Rule, probably on Wednesday. This would mean that the Republicans will probably be able to pass the bill without Democratic support. If the rule were not to pass, the Leadership would have to bring the bill to the floor under the suspension of the rules process. This would then require significant Democratic support to pass the bill, because it would require a super-majority (60%) to pass.