Measure to examine spread of extremism in police, military ranks opposed by every House Republican

House Republicans added yet another brick in their growing wall of far-right extremism this week: They voted unanimously against a measure requiring federal military and law enforcement officials to analyze and report on the breadth and depth of the presence of right-wing extremists, particularly neo-Nazis and white supremacists, within the ranks of the nation’s military and law enforcement.

The legislation—an amendment to the yearly National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) sponsored by Democratic Illinois Congressman Brad Schneider—passed anyway on Wednesday in a party-line 218-208 vote. But Republicans put up a fuss, with Congressman Andy Biggs of Arizona calling it an “Orwellian” measure that “denigrates law enforcement.”