Senate passes Pentagon policy bill that set off transgender-care debate

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : The Williams Institute, a UCLA-based think tank that researches gender identity and sexual orientation laws, says that nationwide there are about 300,000 youth, aged 13 to 18, who identify as transgender, and that 0.6 percent of the total U.S. population identifies as transgender.House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike D. Rogers (R-Alabama) told reporters last week that Johnson's provision was unnecessary because President-elect Donald Trump is likely to enact the same policy - with or without Congress - once he takes office next month.
45% : For instance, the bill authorizes a significant pay increase for junior enlisted U.S. service members, whose lagging salaries have forced many military families to resort to food stamps and other forms of public assistance - circumstances that have shocked members of both parties in hearings held over the past two years.

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