{"id":2203751,"date":"2024-03-21T20:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T00:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-fume-over-ban-on-pride-flags-included-in-spending-bill-to-avert-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T20:14:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T00:14:56","slug":"lawmakers-fume-over-ban-on-pride-flags-included-in-spending-bill-to-avert-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-fume-over-ban-on-pride-flags-included-in-spending-bill-to-avert-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers express anger over exclusion of pride flags in bill to prevent shutdown"},"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\">26<\/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%2Flawmakers-fume-over-ban-on-pride-flags-included-in-spending-bill-to-avert-shutdown%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=2203751&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>The Controversial Inclusion of a Flag Policy Rider in \u200dGovernment Spending Bill<\/h2>\n<p>A subtle policy addition by House Republicans has ignited a fiery debate as a crucial vote looms this Friday. The \u200c$1\u2064 trillion appropriations bill sneaked in a provision targeting the display of flags at\u2064 State Department locations, notably American embassies. This move rekindles tensions over the flying of flags like the gay pride \u2063rainbow flag at diplomatic sites.<\/p>\n<h3>The Policy Impact: \u2063Differing Views in Congress<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>For\u200b socially conservative House \u2064Republicans,\u2064 restricting certain flags is a \u2064priority.<\/li>\n<li>House Democrats, \u2064especially those from the LGBT community, condemn\u2063 the rider as discriminatory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) minced no words, denouncing the act as un-American and an imposition of discriminatory views on overseas personnel. The policy outlines\u200d the approved flags \u2062for State Department buildings, barring any others,\u200b including pride flags.<\/p>\n<p>This \u2064move aligns with past\u200c GOP efforts to limit the display of flags linked to cultural movements such as Black \u200bLives Matter. \u200dSpeaker Mike Johnson \u200d(R-LA) champions this initiative, \u2063rallying Republican support ahead of the impending House vote.<\/p>\n<h3>Opposition and Countermoves<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Several lawmakers \u200bhave introduced bills to restrict pride <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-student-group-plants-1000-pink-flags-at-ut-austin-to-memorialize-unborn-they-were-gone-within-12-hours\/\" title=\"Conservative Student Group Plants 1,000 Pink Flags At UT Austin To Memorialize Unborn. They Were Gone Within 12 Hours.\">flag displays<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Republicans like \u200cRep. Jeff Duncan\u2063 (R-SC) have spearheaded legislation against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parents-beware-major-theme-parks-to-hold-family-friendly-drag-shows-and-its-not-disney\/\" title=\"Warning to Parents: Non-Disney Theme Parks to Host Drag Shows for Families.\">flying pride flags<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rep. Becca Balint (D-VA) criticized GOP&#8217;s fixation on attacking the LGBT community, emphasizing the community&#8217;s desire for acceptance and\u2063 peaceful coexistence.<\/p>\n<p>The policy \u200crider, albeit temporary, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-republican-party-leadership-calls-for-unity-ahead-of-fall-convention-amid-platform-debate\/\" title=\"California GOP Leadership Calls for Unity Ahead of Convention Amid Platform Debate.\">reflects broader debates<\/a> \u200con\u2064 diversity and inclusion issues. Lawmakers like Rep.\u2062 Cory Mills (R-FL) argue against divisive\u2063 symbols, attributing them to negatively impacting military unity \u2062and recruitment.<\/p>\n<p>Despite differing stances on flag displays, both the Trump and\u200b Biden\u200c administrations have held contrasting positions regarding \u2064flag-flying guidelines at embassies, underscoring the political nature of such decisions.<\/p>\n<p>The looming vote on \u2063the spending \u200dbill draws attention to the larger issues of diversity, equity, and \u200binclusion within <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/erickson-let-david-slay-goliath\/\" title=\"ERICKSON: Let David Slay Goliath\">government policies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064ban on unapproved flags is set to expire with the\u2062 funding deal, underscoring the\u2063 urgency for \u200dCongress to pass \u2062the legislation and avert a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-on-congress-to-move-forward-on-raising-debt-ceiling\/\" title=\"Biden Calls On Congress To \u2018Move Forward\u2019 On Raising Debt Ceiling\">potential government shutdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans slipped a divisive policy rider into the last appropriations bill, sparking cultural tensions before a crucial Friday vote. The $1 trillion minibus bill contains a provision aiming to regulate the flags displayed at State Department sites, notably American flags<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2203752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP23161658871944-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2203751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP23161658871944-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2203751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2203752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2203751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2203751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2203751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}