Hawley Will Now Focus on Federal Budget to Get Payments For St. Louis-Area Radiation Victims
December 15, 2023 5:11AM CST
FILE – IN this Jan 15, 2019 file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee committee member Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., questions Attorney General nominee William Barr during a Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Hawley is facing conservative backlash after raising concerns with President Donald Trump’s nominee to a high-profile appeals court. The Judicial Crisis Network on Monday announced plans to spend $500,000 on Missouri ads to sway Hawley to support D.C.-area U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Neomi Rao. Hawley on Monday told KFTK 97.1 FM Newstalk’s Marc Cox that Rao doesn’t have a strong record on abortion. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
The federal defense bill is on its way to President Biden’s desk after the U.S. Senate passed it Wednesday and the House passed Thursday.
The bill includes a 5-point-2-percent pay increase for U.S. military members – their largest raise in more than two decades.
Missouri Senator Josh Hawley delayed passage of the bill and voted “no” because his amendment to include payments for radiation victims was cut out.
He says, though, he’ll now try to get his amendment added onto the federal budget:
Hawley says he’ll also look for any other bill to attach his amendment to that has a reasonable chance of moving forward in the U.S. Senate.