{"id":2550623,"date":"2026-01-24T11:07:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T16:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dozens-of-house-republicans-cast-votes-that-help-fund-gender-affirming-care-for-kids-late-term-abortions-3\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T11:08:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T16:08:55","slug":"dozens-of-house-republicans-cast-votes-that-help-fund-gender-affirming-care-for-kids-late-term-abortions-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dozens-of-house-republicans-cast-votes-that-help-fund-gender-affirming-care-for-kids-late-term-abortions-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of House Republicans Cast Votes That Help Fund &#8216;Gender-Affirming Care&#8217; for Kids, Late-Term Abortions"},"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%2Fdozens-of-house-republicans-cast-votes-that-help-fund-gender-affirming-care-for-kids-late-term-abortions-3%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=2550623&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>House Republicans publicly criticized party leadership after a 2026 &#8220;minibus&#8221; appropriations package passed that included Senate-inserted earmarks Democrats supported. The minibus funding multiple agencies (Defense, Transportation, HUD, HHS, Labor, Education, etc.) passed 341-88; a separate DHS funding bill passed 220-207 amid Democratic protests over ICE actions in Minneapolis. Conservatives objected to provisions in the Labor\/HHS\/Education bill that they say direct millions toward pro-abortion programs, diversity\/DEI projects, community funding projects, and health facilities that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >provide gender-affirming care<\/a> for youth and late\u2011term abortions. Rep. Ralph norman&#8217;s amendment to strip those Senate earmarks was defeated 291-136. Republican critics-including Reps. Keith Self and Mark Harris and outside conservatives-condemned roughly 76 GOP defections that they say effectively sided with Democrats,while Speaker Mike Johnson defended the votes as a return to committee-driven appropriations and a step toward routine government funding.  <\/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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Several House Republicans are openly criticizing GOP House leadership after dozens of Republicans voted for a budget amendment Thursday that gave millions to &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/instead-of-vetting-the-trans-industry-l-a-times-attacks-its-victims\/\" title=\"Instead Of Vetting The Trans Industry, L.A.Times Attacks Its Victims\">gender-affirming care&#038;rdquo<\/a>; and pro-abortion groups.<\/p>\n<p>The so-called &ldquo;minibus&rdquo; appropriations deal &mdash; the &ldquo;final slate of 2026 funding bills,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/5701980-house-government-funding-bills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a> &mdash; was supposed to fund numerous departments.<\/p>\n<p>One of the packages, which funded (among others) the departments of Defense, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, Labor, and Education, passed by a vote of 341-88.<\/p>\n<p>A Department of Homeland Security funding bill passed separately by a slimmer margin, 220-207, as House Democrats used the opportunity to express dissent against the deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to Minneapolis and the death of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-renee-goods-former-father-law-refuses-take-cnns-bait-quotes-bible-instead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-ICE activist Renee Good<\/a> in a confrontation with ICE agents earlier in the month.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mike-johnson-tells-march-life-attendees-teen-parents-told-abort-eternally-grateful-refused\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Speaker Mike Johnson<\/a> expressed relief over the votes, saying he wanted to get Congress back to &ldquo;muscle memory&rdquo; when it came to funding the government without frequent showdowns.<\/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); 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\t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>However, his most lasting opposition might be from the right, where several Republicans noted that provisions inserted in the Senate into a bill funding the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education not only added more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-ends-use-aborted-baby-tissue-nih-funded-research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrat-centric spending priorities<\/a> but flew in the face of conservative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/house-passes-law-forcing-universities-give-pregnant-students-information-keeping-children-instead-aborting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">moral and ethical positions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>South Carolina Republican Rep. Ralph Norman had <a href=\"https:\/\/norman.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3351\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">offered an amendment<\/a> that would have stripped the Senate earmarks from the bill.<\/p>\n<p>The amendment was defeated by a vote of 291-136.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;76 House Republicans joined every single House Democrat in support of earmarks for abortions, gender procedures on children, DEI activism, and partisan pet projects,&rdquo; Rep. Keith Self of Texas wrote on the social media platform X.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With Republicans like these, who needs Democrats?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">76 House Republicans joined every single House Democrat in support of earmarks for abortions, gender procedures on children, DEI activism, and partisan pet projects.<\/p>\n<p>With Republicans like these, who needs Democrats? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Cbtl2bunQ2\">pic.twitter.com\/Cbtl2bunQ2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Keith Self (@RepKeithSelf) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepKeithSelf\/status\/2014457362849964340?\">January 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Republican Rep. Mark Harris of North Carolina posted a long X thread detailing some of the earmarked appropriations, including millions to hospitals where child &ldquo;gender transitioning&rdquo; occurs. Other facilities perform abortions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/n-j-bishops-slam-distressing-passage-of-liberal-abortion-act\/\" title=\"N.J. Bishops Slam \u2018Distressing\u2019 Passage of Liberal Abortion Act\">including late-term abortions<\/a>, both chemical and surgical.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; Taxpayers are funding radical procedures through earmarks!<\/p>\n<p>The swamp secured millions for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dozens-of-house-republicans-cast-votes-that-help-fund-gender-affirming-care-for-kids-late-term-abortions\/\" title=\"Dozens of ... Cast ...s That Help Fund &#039;Gender-Affirming Care&#039; for Kids, Late-Term ...\">hospitals performing gender surgeries<\/a> on kids, late-term abortions, &amp; more in the spending minibus.<\/p>\n<p>&#129525;Here&rsquo;s the list&mdash;outrageous waste of YOUR money!<\/p>\n<p>$3 MILLION to Denver Health &amp;&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Mark Harris (@RepMarkHarrisNC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMarkHarrisNC\/status\/2014403592858337519?\">January 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Tax dollars should NOT go to mutilating kids, late-term abortions, or destroying embryos,&rdquo; Harris wrote.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, some &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dozens-of-house-republicans-cast-votes-that-help-fund-gender-affirming-care-for-kids-late-term-abortions-2\/\" title=\"Dozens of ... Cast ...s That Help Fund &#039;Gender-Affirming Care&#039; for Kids, Late-Term ...\">community funding project&#038;rdquo<\/a>; earmarks were a bone of contention with Republicans, according to The Hill.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Benz, founder of the conservative <a href=\"https:\/\/foundationforfreedomonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foundation for Freedom Online<\/a>, noted that while the GOP had dozens of defectors on the bill, the Democrats were able to keep their own people in check.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Once again, Democrats vote 100% as a block, while a third of Republicans defect to the Democrats, giving Democrats an effective majority in the House. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wpXuJ63YZj\">https:\/\/t.co\/wpXuJ63YZj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeBenzCyber\/status\/2014481313667969120?\">January 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Once again, Democrats vote 100% as a block, while a third of Republicans defect to the Democrats, giving Democrats an effective majority in the House,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Still, despite the discontent, House Speaker Johnson called the vote to approve the funding &ldquo;the most significant sign of progress in these halls in years.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re returning the appropriations process to a committee-led, member-driven approach, as it should be,&rdquo; the Louisiana Republican said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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