The Lawfare Podcast

What to Make of the 2023 NDAA and Consolidated Appropriations Act

Dec 23, 2022

01:04:06

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Episode guests

Molly Reynolds

Highlights

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Episode notes

The Biden Administration's Opposition to Expanding Nuclear Weapons Programs

01:25

The NDAA Security Assistance Architecture for Taiwan

05:10

AUMF Recalls

04:15

Electoral Voting in 2020

01:58

Introduction

4min

What's the Difference Between NDAA and Omnibus Appropriations Bill?

4min

What I Takeaways From the NDAA?

5min

The Biden Administration Retired a Sea Launched Cruise Missile

3min

The NDAA Security Assistance Architecture for Taiwan

5min

The Defense Department's NDA on Guantanamo Detainee Transfers

2min

The NDAA Reporting Act

2min

AUMF Recalls

4min

Simply Safe Is the Home Security System I Recommend to Everyone

6min

10.

Ndaa

3min

11.

Getting the Omnibus Over the Finish Line Is a Fundamental Achievement for Congress

5min

12.

Electoral Voting in 2020

2min

13.

Legislative Reform

6min

14.

What Didn't Make It in the Omnibus Bill

5min

15.

The Senate and House Rules Committees in the House and Senate

2min

16.

The House Is Likely to Agree to These Amendments in Order to Move This Forward

5min

17.

The House Armed Services Committee and the House Defense Committee Are in the Midst of a 'Return to Regular Order' in the House of Representatives

2min

18.

Is There a Golden Age of Regular Order in Congress?

4min

Over the past few weeks, Congress has slowly brought two of its biggest pieces of annual omnibus legislation to the finish line: the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, and the Consolidated Appropriations Act. Both annual endeavors play central complementary roles in our political system and often become vehicles for an array of otherwise unrelated provisions, including many related to national security. And even by the usual standards of Congress, this year's process has been a chaotic one.

To discuss, Lawfare senior editor Scott R. Anderson sat down with fellow Lawfare senior editor and Brookings Institution colleague Molly Reynolds. They talked about the process that led to this year's bills and highlighted some notable items that are in them— and some notable items that aren't.

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