House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) approved several controversial amendments to the defense authorization bill in a possible attempt to mend fences with hard-line members of his caucus.

The Republican-led House of Representatives on Friday voted to pass the annual defense policy bill following a wave of pushback from Democrats over multiple contentious amendments, touching on topics such as medical coverage for transgender soldiers and out-of-state abortion policies.

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Four members of the right-wing House Freedom Caucus voted against the bill, with most members approving the legislation.

“We are establishing conservative policies into the government of the people that we serve,” Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) said in a statement of support, calling the bill a big win. “In doing so, we're pushing back against the very liberal agenda that the Biden administration and four years of Democrat majority in the House has forced upon America.”

The amendments, pushed by the GOP’s far-right side, come weeks after high tensions between McCarthy and Freedom Caucus members over opposition to the plan to raise the debt limit, with some Republicans arguing spending numbers should have stayed at fiscal 2022.

McCarthy narrowly passed the bill to raise the debt ceiling last month, breaching trust between the California Republican and members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus as they opposed much of the negotiations with President Joe Biden.

The bill, which suspends the debt ceiling until January 2025, caused an uproar among several GOP members for not cutting enough spending. Several members threatened a vote of no confidence for McCarthy's handling of the debt ceiling deal.

"It is inescapable to me. It has to be done,” Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC) said, becoming the first Republican to support removing McCarthy because of troubles with the debt bill.

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This is not the first time House Freedom Caucus members have been vocal about their disapproval of McCarthy’s leadership, with several Republicans withholding votes to push him through to the speakership in January.

The Senate is expected to pass its version of the defense bill later this month, voting on whether or not to authorize the $886 billion in spending.

With many hard-line conservatives satisfied with the strict amendments in the National Defense Authorization Act, McCarthy told reporters Friday that the bill sends a message to "Stop using taxpayer money to do their own wokeism. A military cannot defend themselves if you train them in woke.”