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New government spending bill bans U.S. embassies from flying Pride flag (www.cbsnews.com)

submitted 6 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/lgbtq_plus@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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The prohibition was one of many side issues included in the mammoth $1.2 trillion package to fund the government through September.

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[–] skulkingaround@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 months ago

Our spending bills have gotten absurdly bloated because it's pretty much the only reliable way to actually pass legislation without getting trapped in filibuster land or having it killed by the speaker.

Congress has become a joke and their refusal to do anything effective has resulted in handing over way too much power to the court and executive branch. It breaks the checks and balances and huge amounts of the federal government dysfunction we see is rooted in that.