The Pentagon’s annual budget passed a major congressional milestone on Friday after it was approved by the House of Representatives, despite Democrats criticizing measures added by Republicans, particularly on LGBT servicemen and abortion, AFP reported.

The text approves the $886 billion requested by President Joe Biden and includes a 5.2 percent increase in military pay, $300 million in aid to Ukraine and nine new ships for the U.S. Navy.

But nearly all House Democrats opposed the text — which usually passes by consensus — after conservative lawmakers added additional measures that would have eliminated, among other things, defense diversity programs.

The new provisions would also eliminate potential funding for transgender military aid, and the Pentagon would be prohibited from flying the LGBT+ flag on its bases.

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy has come under pressure from the right wing of his slim majority to add measures that are almost certain to be overturned during negotiations over the text in the Senate starting next week.

“What was once an example of compromise and effective government has become an ode to bigotry and ignorance,” a group of Democratic lawmakers said in a scathing statement.

Ronnie Jackson, a former White House physician turned Republican, has introduced a measure that would bar the Pentagon from covering travel expenses for service members who travel to another state to have an abortion.

Democrat Lois Frankel condemned the measure as “absolutely disgraceful” and that it would “take away the reproductive freedom” of servicemen and women “who are willing to risk their lives to serve our country.”

Since the Supreme Court struck down the constitutional guarantee of abortion last year, the issue has become a major point of contention in the American political arena, especially from a defense perspective.