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US Republicans pass defence bill with anti-abortion, LGBT add-ons (www.aljazeera.com)

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Republicans in the United States House of Representatives have passed an annual defence funding bill that highlights the party’s conservative priorities – and sticking points – in advance of the 2024 election season.

Democrats have decried the bill approved on Friday, which included anti-LGBTQ, anti-diversity and anti-abortion rights provisions. It passed by a 219 to 210 largely party-line vote in the majority Republican chamber. Four Democrats voted in support of the bill.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's worse because McCarthy is also an extremist, he's just more politically savvy and knows how unpopular the extreme agenda actually is. He knows that he needs to sneak this stuff in under the radar and through unelected processes so the people don't get a say in the outcome.

Instead he's forced to advance the extreme agenda faster than he wants, but he still wants everything in this bill.