Key Democrats said late Thursday they will vote no on the National Defense Authorization Act currently being debated, which may mean the bill will fail.

They voiced their opposition after the House adopted a handful of amendments on cultural issues. One would reverse the Pentagon’s policy of providing leave and travel reimbursement for service members who travel out of state for reproductive care.

For more than 60 years, the NDAA has been a fairly noncontroversial, bipartisan bill.

“What was once an example of compromise and functioning government has become an ode to bigotry and ignorance,” Rep. Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee said in a joint statement with the ranking members of the seven Armed Services subcommittees, announcing their “no” votes.

Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and his top allies also came out against the bill as amended.

Republicans blamed the administration.

“I hear the ranking member talking about how we’re injecting culture wars into the National Defense Authorization Act or injecting culture wars into the military, when in fact it is this administration that has turned the Department of Defense into a social engineering experiment wrapped in a uniform,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said.

Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Matt Damon