Posted on 03/24/2024 8:09:17 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Pride flags can no longer be flown at U.S. embassies. The ban was part of the $1.2 trillion spending package signed by President Biden on Saturday.
“The bipartisan funding bill I just signed keeps the government open, invests in the American people, and strengthens our economy and national security,” Biden said in a press release. “This agreement represents a compromise, which means neither side got everything it wanted.”
The Republican-led text in the 1,012-page package states, “None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be obligated or expended to fly or display a flag over a facility of the United States Department of State.”
The flying of pride flags at U.S. embassies has been debated between Democrats and Republicans for years. They were first flown at U.S. embassies during President Obama’s administration, according to Forbes, prior to being banned by the Trump administration in 2019. The ability was reinstated by the Biden administration in 2021, Forbes reports.
A Biden spokesperson did not immediately respond to a FOX Business request for comment, but a statement to CBS News on Saturday reads, “Biden believes it was inappropriate to abuse the process that was essential to keep the government open by including this policy targeting LGBTQI+ Americans.” The White House said it would seek a way to repeal the ban, according to CBS News.
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And Biden immediately said he wants to overturn it.
He does not keep his word.
>> Totally worth it. Good job Johnson…
I’m guessing that’s sarcasm. I am thoroughly disgusted with Johnson. Not only for caving but for the sleazy way he allowed the abominable thing to pass.
This was a MAJOR FACTOR in Niger kicking the West out of Africa and is causing ‘friction’ (a little gay lingo) in many other countries that still believe in traditional values (pretty much every country that isn’t a puppet to the US).
Let’s see if the flags really go away. From what I can tell, a few hundred bucks from Soros is all it takes to get around the restriction.
While it may be some of the reason, I think the bigger factor is the recent coup and the money and attention that Russia and China are throwing their way...
Well, Joan Rivers did say that Obama was gay, and Michelle a tranny. Of course she was murdered for saying that.
They’ll still do it, with no repercussions.
it’s not a flag...it’s a banner...representing a group...not a country, state etc etc...
GloboHomoPedos will continue to push the agenda
There’s a reason to pass a $1.2 trillion dollar spending bill. /S
It’s become quite obvious that rules, regulations and laws don’t mean shxt if they aren’t followed and that all depends on who’s in charge.
It is sarcasm, he sucks.
The bipartisan bill adheres to the spending caps imposed by last year’s debt ceiling deal. It funds the procurement of eight battle ships and dozens of new aircraft, provides a small amount of Ukraine military aid and offers multiyear procurement for six critical munitions. The bill includes $33.5 billion to build eight ships and allocates funds for 86 F-35 and 24 F-15 EX fighter jets as well as 15 KC-46A tankers. There’s also a combined $2.1 billion for the Army’s Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon and the Navy’s Conventional Prompt Strike hypersonic weapons system.
The bill retains $300 million for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which allows the Pentagon to place contracts for equipment to send Kyiv. House Republican leaders had initially removed the $300 million in Ukraine aid amid opposition from the right flank of their caucus when they narrowly passed their version of the defense spending bill 218-210 in September.
But even with the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative funds back in the bill, the $300 million is far less than the $60 billion in security and economic support for Kyiv provided in the Senate’s foreign aid bill...
War games hosted by the House China Committee in April found the U.S. would rapidly run out of munitions — including the SM-6, Naval Strike Missile and Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile — in a war with Beijing in the Pacific.
Additionally, the bill provides an $800 million boost to the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit, for a total budget of $983 million in FY24. It also provides $200 million for Replicator, the Pentagon’s effort to buy and field thousands of drones by next August.
Finally, the legislation cuts funding for the Defense Department civilian workforce by $1 billion.- https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2024/03/21/defense-spending-bill-has-some-ukraine-aid-multiyear-munitions-buys/
Exactly, this little rider was put there so the Republicans can say look at what we did we banned the poofter flags at US Embassies. They will just use “volunteers” to hang them. No change at all
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