The House cast a strong, mostly bipartisan vote Wednesday to pass the bicameral compromise version of the fiscal 2026 NDAA.

The $900.6 billion defense authorization bill’s 312-112 vote was due mostly to robust support from the GOP majority.

Republicans backed the bill 197-18, while Democrats voted for it by the much narrower tally of 115-94.

Rep. Adam Smith of Washington state, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, said at a Tuesday Rules Committee meeting and again on the floor ahead of the passage vote Wednesday that the NDAA has a little something for almost everyone in Congress to both love and hate but that, on balance, it is a strong positive for U.S. national security.

Smith has said that he agreed to include provisions he opposes and exclude others he supports

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