{"id":16560,"date":"2024-03-07T00:46:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T00:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/07\/house-gop-relents-on-lgbt-center-funding-in-460b-package-as-dems-cheer-lack-of-poison-pills\/"},"modified":"2024-03-07T00:46:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T00:46:20","slug":"house-gop-relents-on-lgbt-center-funding-in-460b-package-as-dems-cheer-lack-of-poison-pills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/07\/house-gop-relents-on-lgbt-center-funding-in-460b-package-as-dems-cheer-lack-of-poison-pills\/","title":{"rendered":"House GOP relents on LGBT center funding in $460B package as Dems cheer lack of \u2018poison pills\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The $460 billion government funding bill the House of Representatives is set to vote on Wednesday had included $1 million marked for an LGBTQ community center that once held a drag event with children.<\/p>\n

It comes as Democrats celebrate the lack of \u2018poison pills\u2019 in the bill while GOP hardliners lament what they call a lost opportunity to force passage of conservative policies.<\/p>\n

The earmark for the William Way LGBT Community Center in Philadelphia was advocated for by Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., and Sens. Bob Casey and John Fetterman, both Pennsylvania Democrats.Fetterman and Casey later sent a letter asking that the funding be stripped, but Fetterman told reporters on Wednesday that it was his staff who sent the letter, while he supported the money.<\/p>\n

A 2016 article published in the Philadelphia Gay News titled, \u2018Youth celebrate the art of drag at William Way,\u2019 described an 11-year-old boy named Esai and an 8-year-old named Max participating in a youth drag event at the center.<\/p>\n

\u2018When Esai slides down from his chair, his blonde hair is in tight curls, his lips are purple and his eyes are lidded with pink and silver eye shadow against his rosy face. He teeters by in heeled boots far too big for him and changes out of his purple \u2018We Are Made of Stars\u2019 T\u2013shirt. He could be any little girl playing dress-up, save for the expert cosmetic application,\u2019 the article reads.<\/p>\n

It described his makeup as being applied by \u2018a bearded man in studded leather platform boots.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Max dances to \u2018No\u2019 by Meghan Trainor, periodically dropping into the splits in his long, red dress. None of this is choreographed \u2013 it really is just kids dancing around, playing dress\u2013up, having fun,\u2019 it said of the 8-year-old.<\/p>\n

The allocation was highlighted in a memo by Advancing American Freedom (AAF),a policy and advocacy group started by former Vice President Mike Pence.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s one of more than 6,000 allocations in the bill, which total $12.7 billion in spending \u2013 something conservative lawmakers are furious about.<\/p>\n

\u2018Earmarks are basically, it\u2019s congressional crack,\u2019 Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., told Fox News Digital. \u2018Congressional opium \u2013 and opium is O-P-M, other people\u2019s money. Congress is hooked on it.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018You get people to vote for it, you increase spending, increased borrowing, you send our nation further down the track of fiscal irresponsibility,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, argued that lawmakers will not have enough time to properly scour the bill\u2019s contents with all of the additional details.<\/p>\n

\u2018There is no way any mortal could actually vet all of the earmarks in the 48-hour time period they\u2019ve given us so far. These highlights are just the tip of the iceberg. Heads must roll,\u2019 he wrote.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, AAF\u2019s memo pointed out that policies that GOP hardliners fought to include in the bill \u2013 like limitations on transgender medical care, pride flag displays, and critical race theory \u2013 were not included in the final bill.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s something Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., celebrated on Tuesday, declaring the bills were free of \u2018devastating cuts or poison pill riders pushed by the MAGA.\u2019<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., asked for the funding to be stripped out of the package via unanimous consent after the Pennsylvania lawmakers raised objections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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