The fact that things like this can be attached to spending bills is insane.
this post was submitted on 23 Mar 2024
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Straight up
It's a budget, it should only include budget related things
But the republicans know nothing about politics, only blackmail and abuses of power
That's because the headline is slightly misleading. Technically the bill says US government funds can't be used to buy pride flag to fly above state department facilities. Theoretically there wouldn't be anything to stop someone from buying it with out of pocket money and flying it, or use flags they've already purchased. Still ridiculous though, I know.
Our spending bills have gotten absurdly bloated because it's pretty much the only reliable way to actually pass legislation without getting trapped in filibuster land or having it killed by the speaker.
Congress has become a joke and their refusal to do anything effective has resulted in handing over way too much power to the court and executive branch. It breaks the checks and balances and huge amounts of the federal government dysfunction we see is rooted in that.
Fwiw the White House has already pledged to veto it
*the flag ban not the entire budget
the budget also like pushes through a shit ton of pro israel stuff too and about two thirds of the funding is going to the military to blow up kids on the other side of the planet. shit sucks, death to america.
Are they, like, really expensive pride flags?