previously proposed rules giving the US military the right to repair its equipment without having to rely on contractors have gone missing

This is particularly stupid. Soldiers need the ability to fix their gear in the field with or without a contractor's blessing.

Oh, look at that - someone attached an "unpopular" (for Congress) addition to a bill, and instead of sinking the entire bill to the bottom of the ocean, they simply removed it and moved forward.

Here I am having watched American politics for the past 20 years believing that once something is attached, it can't be removed. Every bill I've read about that would prevent babies dying gets something akin to "Presidential Pedo Protection Act" attached. I've never seen the discussion that the PPPA section can be removed so instead they must veto the entire bill.

Listen, it's military contractors we're talking about.

Their entire business is about how to efficiently incapacitate a target to bring down enemy operations. That enemy is any threat to their profits, their weapon is lobbying money, and the targets they fire at are the two Congresspeople who have the power to remove the provision over everyone else's objection.

Of fucking course they did.

Corrupt corruption for the demented rapist and his idiot hordes.

lobbying needs to be made illegal. it's bribery.

US military spending isn't meant to benefit the US or its military. It's meant to benefit defense contractors and the politicians they finance.

Damn that sucks. This was going to be a really big win for right to repair.

Yeah, thats a great strategic choice. Sorry everyone, the board on the anti air system went out, we're going to be totally open to enemy air attacks until the RMA process completes and the vendor can get out here later this week

The empire loots itself to death