{"id":1976752,"date":"2023-07-18T21:12:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T01:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-advances-bill-to-slash-funding-for-transportation-department-after-heated-markup\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T21:15:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T01:15:10","slug":"house-gop-advances-bill-to-slash-funding-for-transportation-department-after-heated-markup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-advances-bill-to-slash-funding-for-transportation-department-after-heated-markup\/","title":{"rendered":"House GOP pushes bill to drastically cut funding for Transportation Department following intense markup."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-gop-advances-bill-to-slash-funding-for-transportation-department-after-heated-markup%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976752&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Republican Appropriators Approve Bill \u2064to Cut Spending for Department of Transportation and Reject Biden&#8217;s Budget Proposals\u200c for Department of \u200bHousing \u200dand Urban\u200d Development<\/h2>\n<p>Republican appropriators made \u200da significant move on Tuesday evening by approving\u2064 a bill \u2062that\u2062 aims to\u200c cut spending \u200cfor the Department\u200b of Transportation \u200b(DOT)\u200d and reject many \u2064of President Joe Biden&#8217;s\u200b budget\u2063 proposals for the\u200d Department of Housing\u200b and Urban \u2064Development (HUD). This decision was\u200c met\u200d with\u2063 both\u2064 support and \u200dopposition.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cbill, which passed\u200c out\u200c of \u2062the full\u200d House Appropriations Committee by\u200b a vote\u200b of 34-27, allocates \u200ca \u2062discretionary total of nearly $90.3 \u2062billion\u2064 to \u2063fund the\u2063 two departments and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/even-congress-doesnt-know-where-illegal-immigrants-are-being-shipped-throughout-the-u-s\/\" title=\"Even Congress Doesn\u2019t Know Where Illegal Immigrants Are Being Shipped Throughout The U.S.\">related agencies<\/a>. However, this amount falls\u2062 short of Biden&#8217;s request by more than \u200d$8.5 billion.<\/p>\n<h3>Reduced Budgets \u2062and Funding Priorities<\/h3>\n<p>The \u200cbill includes\u200d a\u2062 reduction of \u200bapproximately $7.2 \u2063billion for DOT compared\u2064 to\u200d last year&#8217;s enacted budget. On the other hand, it provides \u2062$8 \u2063billion more \u200dfor \u2062HUD\u200d than fiscal\u200d 2023, \u2064although \u200cit still falls\u200b $2.4 billion below\u200b Biden&#8217;s \u2064desired funding level.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the bill\u200b blocks funding\u200c for various diversity, equity, \u200band inclusion-related \u200dinitiatives, including\u2062 the \u2063use \u200dof\u200d federal funds to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/30-republicans-sign-bill-to-counter-teaching-of-critical-race-theory\/\" title=\"30 Republicans sign bill to counter teaching of critical race theory\">promote critical race theory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This bill\u200c is \u200canother example of the\u200c real \u200dprogress we are making\u200d to reduce \u200coverall \u200dspending while\u2062 funding our highest priorities,&#8221; stated \u200dcommittee Chairwoman\u2063 Kay\u2064 Granger (R-TX) at the \u200dbeginning \u200bof the markup. &#8220;Instead of \u200bgiving the administration \u2063more grant \u2062funding \u200cto spend,\u2062 this bill\u2063 gets us back \u200cto \u200bfunding\u200b core \u200cmissions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Challenges \u200dand Controversies<\/h3>\n<p>Congress faces a deadline \u200cof September 30\u2062 to\u200c pass\u2062 all\u2064 12 \u200bappropriations\u2062 bills.\u200d However, the bill&#8217;s journey\u2064 may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-economy-still-top-priority-while-inflation-worries-rise-and-covid-fears-fade\/\" title=\"Poll: Economy Still Top Priority, While Inflation Worries Rise and Covid Fears Fade\">face considerable challenges<\/a> in the Democratic-controlled Senate,\u200d which \u2063is working\u2064 on\u2064 its own versions \u2062of the \u200dappropriations\u2063 bills.<\/p>\n<p>During the \u2063markup, Transportation,\u200c Housing \u200cand Urban \u200dDevelopment, and Related\u200d Agencies subcommittee \u200dChairman Tom Cole \u2062(R-OK) highlighted \u2062that\u200b the bill reduces\u2063 spending\u200c by\u200d 25% compared \u2062to\u2062 fiscal \u200c2023\u200d levels \u200cand\u2063 slashes 19\u2062 grant \u200dprograms.<\/p>\n<p>However, the hearing quickly descended into chaos\u2063 when\u200b Cole \u200bintroduced \u200dan amendment\u2063 that \u200csparked\u200c controversy. \u200cThe \u200camendment aimed \u2062to \u2064block the\u200b display \u2062of\u2064 the\u2063 &#8220;gay \u200cpride&#8221; flag at department\u200b and \u200bagency\u2062 buildings \u2064and \u200dprevent the government\u2063 from\u200d funding centers \u200bthat\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-advances-bill-to-slash-funding-for-transportation-department-after-heated-markup\/\" title=\"House GOP pushes bill to drastically cut funding for Transportation Department following intense markup.\">offer \u200ctransgender medical procedures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats strongly opposed the amendment, with some\u200b representatives even\u200c resorting to name-calling. Reps. \u200bMark\u2062 Pocan (D-WI) and\u2063 Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) \u2062referred to \u2064their\u2062 Republican colleagues \u2062as &#8220;bigots&#8221; and\u2062 &#8220;terrorists,&#8221; respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Committee Chairwoman Granger\u2063 had \u2063to recess the committee \u2062multiple times to address\u2063 the \u2063heated exchanges\u200b and\u2062 requested that the \u2062offensive words be stricken from \u200dthe record.\u2063 Eventually,\u2063 Cole&#8217;s amendment\u200d passed \u2062with a vote \u200cof 32-26.<\/p>\n<h3>Blocking\u200b Progressive\u2064 Wish List Items<\/h3>\n<p>Republicans also\u2064 successfully blocked several\u2062 Democratic attempts to\u200d include \u2063progressive wish list items\u200b in \u200bthe\u200b bill. \u200cThese included climate \u2062initiatives, \u200cfunding for the California High-Speed Rail \u2062project, \u200cand\u200d further diversity, equity, and inclusion\u200d (DEI) and critical race theory \u200binitiatives.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064bill will\u2063 now\u200c proceed to the \u200bfull House for passage.\u200c However, it\u200d is expected \u200bto face significant\u2062 challenges \u2063in the Democratic-controlled Senate, where alternative versions\u200d of the\u200c appropriations \u2064bills \u2062are being developed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click \u200chere<\/a> \u2064to read more\u2063 from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican appropriators passed a bill to reduce spending for the Department of Transportation and reject President Biden&#8217;s budget proposals for the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The bill was approved by the House Appropriations Committee with a vote of 34-27. 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