Summary

The GOP-led House approved its rules package but excluded Rep. Nancy Mace’s (R-S.C.) proposed trans bathroom ban targeting Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Del.), the first transgender congresswoman.

While the ban was omitted, the package includes provisions restricting transgender and immigrant rights and fast-tracks bills limiting trans participation in sports, abortion access, and benefits for undocumented immigrants.

Mace, who previously used anti-trans rhetoric to promote the ban, also cosponsored efforts to amend Title IX, a federal law that bars sex discrimination in education programs that receive federal funding.

Democrats criticized the package for scapegoating vulnerable communities while ignoring policies to improve Americans’ lives.

  • adarza@lemmy.ca
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    12 days ago

    ignoring policies to improve Americans’ lives.

    been a staple of the republicant platform for decades.

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      11 days ago

      Oh I’m not an American to them. Sure I was born here to citizens who were born here to citizens, and sure I’ve spent all but a week of my life here, but I’m trans so I’m not a real American