The Republicans are always trying to find new ways to put-it-to us. Their latest attempt is to embed in the military funding bill anti-trans legislation.
Everywhere you look you see Republicans trying to sneak in anti-trans, anti-LGBTQ+, and anti-abortion amendments in must pass bills. You watch, when the Democrats vote the bill down the Republicans will be calling the Democrats anti-military.
This is not the first time they they tried this stunt, banning our healthcare in the military...
The Republicans look for any way to “screw” in must pass legislation!Restrictions on Transgender Health Care Slipped into Senate's Must-Pass Defense Bill
Military.com
By Rebecca Kheel
July 09, 2024The military would not be able to pay for surgeries for transgender troops under the Senate's version of the must-pass annual defense policy bill, legislative text released Monday evening revealed.
Transgender military kids could also lose access to hormone therapy, puberty blockers and other medication if the treatment "could result in sterilization" under another provision that was also added to the bill during the Senate Armed Services Committee's closed-door consideration of the measure last month.
Inclusion of those amendments, which passed with the support of every committee Republican and independent Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, in the Senate's version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, could increase the odds that restrictions on gender-affirmation care for transgender troops and family members become law after the House filled its version of the bill with similar efforts to curtail services for LGBTQ+ troops.
The GOP-led House's efforts to ban coverage of gender-affirmation care for transgender service members garnered considerable attention, but Republicans' successful amendments in the Democratic-controlled Senate Armed Services Committee have so far flown under the radar. While the committee released a summary of its NDAA and staffers briefed reporters on some of its contents last month, there was no mention of the bill including anti-transgender amendments until the bill text and an accompanying report were released Monday night.
When President Joe Biden took office in 2021, he quickly rescinded Trump's ban. But Republicans have continued to try to pass bills targeting transgender troops, and major conservative voices, including the conservative think tank collaboration known as Project 2025 that hopes to shape a second Trump term if he wins November's presidential election, are calling again for banning transgender troops.
Will the bill pass with this amendment, or will it be vetoed by the president, or the amendment taken out… stay tuned for the exciting adventure of Congress as they victimized the trans people for political gain.
I'm at a meeting (or on Zoom if the weather is bad) at the Chief State's Attorney
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