{"id":2548986,"date":"2026-01-23T07:43:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T12:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abhorrent-76-republicans-vote-to-keep-carveouts-for-child-sex-change-groups-in-spending-package-34\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T07:45:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T12:45:31","slug":"abhorrent-76-republicans-vote-to-keep-carveouts-for-child-sex-change-groups-in-spending-package-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abhorrent-76-republicans-vote-to-keep-carveouts-for-child-sex-change-groups-in-spending-package-34\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Abhorrent&#8217;: 76 Republicans Vote to Keep Carveouts for Child Sex Change Groups in Spending Package"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fabhorrent-76-republicans-vote-to-keep-carveouts-for-child-sex-change-groups-in-spending-package-34%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=2548986&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--><p>The House rejected an amendment by Republican Rep. Ralph Norman that would have removed $1.3 billion in earmarks from a government funding package, with the motion failing 291 to 136. Norman argued the earmarks violated conservative principles; the vote split the GOP (136 Republicans voted yes, 76 joined all Democrats in opposing the change), and nine Republicans did not vote.<\/p>\n<p>The contested earmarks are part of the Labor-Health and Human Services spending measure included in a larger funding package that recently cleared a chamber and faces further action in the senate.Conservatives singled out specific allocations, including $2 million for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abhorrent-76-republicans-vote-to-keep-carveouts-for-child-sex-change-groups-in-spending-package-3\/\" title=\"&#039;Abhorrent&#039;: 76 ... ... to Keep Carveouts for Child Sex ... Groups in Spending ...\">pediatric mental health services<\/a> at Rady Children&#8217;s Hospital (which operates a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abhorrent-76-republicans-vote-to-keep-carveouts-for-child-sex-change-groups-in-spending-package-5\/\" title=\"&#039;Abhorrent&#039;: 76 ... ... to Keep Carveouts for Child Sex ... Groups in Spending ...\">gender-affirming care center<\/a>), $3 million for Hennepin Healthcare&#8217;s substance use treatment clinic (its system runs a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abhorrent-76-republicans-vote-to-keep-carveouts-for-child-sex-change-groups-in-spending-package\/\" title=\"&#039;Abhorrent&#039;: 76 ... ... to Keep Carveouts for Child Sex ... Groups in Spending ...\">pediatric clinic offering puberty blockers<\/a> and hormone therapies), and $375,000 for arts education at Jacob&#8217;s Pillow, which emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>Heritage Action urged lawmakers to back the amendment, and Norman has reintroduced legislation to permanently ban earmarks. House appropriations leaders and Speaker Mike Johnson defended the overall appropriations effort, saying Republicans are returning to regular order and shifting spending priorities away from the Biden-era levels.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The House of Representatives overwhelmingly rejected a measure Thursday evening that would eliminate $1.3 billion in earmarks from a government funding package.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers voted 291 to 136 on the amendment offered by leading fiscal hawk Republican South Carolina Rep. Ralph Norman, falling well short of a majority. Norman&rsquo;s amendment would have nixed all of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.appropriations.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/fy26_lhhs_cds_conferenced.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">earmarks<\/a>&nbsp;in the Labor-Health and Human Services bill, which contained&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Heritage_Action\/status\/2014390181797781612\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">funding<\/a>&nbsp;for several entities that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abhorrent-76-republicans-vote-to-keep-carveouts-for-child-sex-change-groups-in-spending-package-4\/\" title=\"&#039;Abhorrent&#039;: 76 ... ... to Keep Carveouts for Child Sex ... Groups in Spending ...\">perform sex-change procedures<\/a> for minors and late-term abortions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These earmarks are against every conservative value that is known,&rdquo; Norman said on the House floor Thursday prior to the vote.<\/p>\n<p>The vote notably divided the House Republican conference, with 136 Republicans voting &ldquo;yes&rdquo; and 76 joining all Democrats who voted in opposing the effort to strip the earmarks from the funding package.<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma Rep. Tom Cole, the Republicans&rsquo; top appropriator, was among the GOP lawmakers who voted against Norman&rsquo;s amendment.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Nine Republicans did not vote &mdash; including House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, and Republican Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr &mdash; despite being present for the marathon session of voting.<\/p>\n<p>Heritage Action urged Republicans to vote &ldquo;yes&rdquo; and criticized lawmakers for inserting their own earmarks into the bill.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In demanding earmarks of their own, Republicans have opened the door to Democrats to direct taxpayer funds to entities engaged in practices that most GOP voters find abhorrent,&rdquo; Heritage Action wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The Labor-HHS bill passed the Senate within a larger government funding package Thursday in a vote of 341-88. The package now heads to the Senate where conservative members could try to hold up the funding bills over the inclusion of earmarks.<\/p>\n<p>One earmark sharply criticized by conservatives would allocate $2 million to Rady Children&rsquo;s Hospital in San Diego, California, for &ldquo;pediatric mental health services.&rdquo; The hospital &mdash; San Diego County&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abhorrent-76-republicans-vote-to-keep-carveouts-for-child-sex-change-groups-in-spending-package-2\/\" title=\"&#039;Abhorrent&#039;: 76 ... ... to Keep Carveouts for Child Sex ... Groups in Spending ...\">sole pediatric medical center &#038;mdash<\/a>; operates a &ldquo;Center for Gender-Affirming Care,&rdquo; which performs various sex-change procedures, <a href=\"https:\/\/stoptheharmdatabase.com\/hospital\/rady-childrens-hospital\/#:~:text=Rady%20Children's%20Hospital%20is%20a,referrals%20for%20sex%20change%20surgeries.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the nonprofit Do No Harm.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The funds used for pediatric mental health will almost certainly go towards sponsoring the gender transition of children or at least free up other funds for that effort,&rdquo; analysts for the conservative Economic Policy Innovation Center wrote Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative Republicans also blasted a $3 million earmark for Minnesota&rsquo;s Hennepin Healthcare System to build a substance use disorder treatment clinic. The hospital system also operates a pediatric clinic offering puberty blockers and hormone therapies to children.<\/p>\n<p>Another notable earmark, requested by by Democratic Massachusetts Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, would allocate $375,000 for &ldquo;arts education&rdquo; at the Massachusetts-based dancer center Jacob&rsquo;s Pillow. The organization <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacobspillow.org\/a-commitment-from-jacobs-pillow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">says<\/a> diversity, equity, and inclusion principles &ldquo;animate our mission and inform the vitality of our daily operations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Norman reintroduced legislation in January that would permanently ban all earmarks in government funding bills.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For too long, earmarks have become a way for Washington insiders to steer taxpayer dollars to pet projects instead of prioritizing fiscal responsibility,&rdquo; Norman said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson has touted his efforts to return the House to regular order and pass all 12 appropriations bills ahead of the Jan. 30 funding deadline.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There were a lot of people, and I think many in this room, that argued that this could not be done &mdash; that a regular appropriations process is a thing of the past,&rdquo; Johnson said during a news conference Wednesday. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m happy to report that all those prognostications were flat wrong, and we&rsquo;ve gotten it done.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Once we pass the final batch this week, Republicans will have finally replaced the last of any Biden-era spending levels with Trump-era spending levels,&rdquo; Johnson continued. &ldquo;No more Biden and Pelosi negotiated budgets. 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