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Title: Nancy Mace’s Bathroom Ban Excluded from House Rules Package
Post by: Lori Dee on January 03, 2025, 09:16:27 PM
Post by: Lori Dee on January 03, 2025, 09:16:27 PM
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.
Link to Full Article (https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nancy-maces-bathroom-ban-excluded-from-house-rules-package_n_6778768ae4b041e2bf94db14)
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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The GOP-controlled House approved several amendments that ax rights for transgender people and other vulnerable communities, however.
Link to Full Article (https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nancy-maces-bathroom-ban-excluded-from-house-rules-package_n_6778768ae4b041e2bf94db14)
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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Title: Re: Nancy Mace’s Bathroom Ban Excluded from House Rules Package
Post by: Sephirah on January 04, 2025, 04:22:52 PM
Post by: Sephirah on January 04, 2025, 04:22:52 PM
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.
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.
Title: Re: Nancy Mace’s Bathroom Ban Excluded from House Rules Package
Post by: Lori Dee on January 04, 2025, 04:25:45 PM
Post by: Lori Dee on January 04, 2025, 04:25:45 PM
When I first read the article, my thought was "neener neener" and I blew a raspberry at Nancy Mace.
Title: Re: Nancy Mace’s Bathroom Ban Excluded from House Rules Package
Post by: Sephirah on January 04, 2025, 04:29:11 PM
Post by: Sephirah on January 04, 2025, 04:29:11 PM
It's kind of pathetic how immature politicians can be. It really is.
Title: Re: Nancy Mace’s Bathroom Ban Excluded from House Rules Package
Post by: Michelle_K on January 08, 2025, 05:54:17 PM
Post by: Michelle_K on January 08, 2025, 05:54:17 PM
From What I see, the Ban was not in the rule package, but Johnson still put it into the house record.
truthout link (https://truthout.org/articles/transgender-bathroom-ban-takes-effect-in-house-controlled-capitol-spaces/)
Michelle
truthout link (https://truthout.org/articles/transgender-bathroom-ban-takes-effect-in-house-controlled-capitol-spaces/)
Michelle
Title: Re: Nancy Mace’s Bathroom Ban Excluded from House Rules Package
Post by: Lori Dee on January 08, 2025, 07:49:00 PM
Post by: Lori Dee on January 08, 2025, 07:49:00 PM
Quote from: Michelle_K on January 08, 2025, 05:54:17 PMFrom What I see, the Ban was not in the rule package, but Johnson still put it into the house record.
truthout link (https://truthout.org/articles/transgender-bathroom-ban-takes-effect-in-house-controlled-capitol-spaces/)
Michelle
That is correct. Thanks for the update, Michelle!