Nancy Mace’s Bathroom Ban Excluded from House Rules Package

[Lori Dee]

Nancy Mace's Bathroom Ban Excluded from House Rules Package
The GOP-controlled House approved several amendments that ax rights for transgender people and other vulnerable communities, however.
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HuffPost - Lil Kalish
Jan 3, 2025, 07:52 PM EST

The GOP-controlled House approved its rules package on Friday evening, including provisions targeting transgender and immigrant rights, but notably did not include the trans bathroom ban Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) had proposed.

The Republican introduced her controversial ban in November to restrict access to all "single-sex facilit[ies] on Federal property" based on "biological sex." She admitted to HuffPost the ban specifically targeted incoming Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Del.), the first transgender woman to be elected to Congress.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, who narrowly won reelection to the chamber's top job earlier on Friday, had reportedly assured Mace that her bathroom ban would be included in the package.

Mace spent much of the last weeks of 2024 drumming up support for the ban while using anti-trans slurs and engaging in anti-trans theatrics. After protesters were arrested for staging a sit-in at a U.S. Capitol restroom, Mace loudly read their Miranda rights through a bullhorn at the jail where they were held.

While Friday's rules package does not mention restricting access to sex-segregated government facilities, it does take several swings at the rights of transgender people, immigrants and people seeking abortions.

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[Sephirah]

Yeah... anyone called "Mace" is likely to be a nasty little pepper spray spitter. It's in the name.

If this is all these people have to care about... they need to take a closer look at how the world is. And the bigger issues people are facing.

[Lori Dee]

When I first read the article, my thought was "neener neener" and I blew a raspberry at Nancy Mace.

[Sephirah]

It's kind of pathetic how immature politicians can be. It really is.

[Michelle_K]

From What I see, the Ban was not in the rule package, but Johnson still put it into the house record.
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Michelle

[Lori Dee]

From What I see, the Ban was not in the rule package, but Johnson still put it into the house record.
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Michelle

That is correct. Thanks for the update, Michelle!