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PoliticoDemocratic leaders are rushing to pass the legislation and get it to President Joe Bidens desk before current funding runs out June 30, triggering a hunger cliff for millions of children. Senate Republican leaders, who blocked previous attempts at a year-long extension of the funds, havent made any threats to tank the bill this time around, according to three people involved in the talks. But any one senator can object and block the expedited effort, requiring a recorded floor vote and eating up precious time.
After the $3 billion deal to extend the pandemic-era program was unveiled Tuesday, Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) said in an interview he is contemplating objecting to the measure because of new guidance from the Agriculture Department banning LGBTQ discrimination in any program that receives federal nutrition money, which includes most school lunch programs.
Marshall was among a handful of Senate Republicans who sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office last week objecting to the USDA nutrition guidance, which has also prompted a backlash from conservative media and key national Republicans. Likely 2024 presidential contender and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis argued the Biden administration was trying to deny school lunch programs for states that dont do transgender ideology in the schools.
JustAnotherGen
(31,798 posts)Who is inflicting this cruelty upon children.
Quanto Magnus
(893 posts)gonna be bigots....
IngridsLittleAngel
(1,962 posts)There are days I expect to see "Transgenders carried out 9/11" or "Transgenders killed JFK" or even "Transgenders killed Lincoln." Why not? They already tried to pin Uvalde on us, and now are using us as an excuse to derail the extension on the school lunch program.
Hell, I'm shocked they haven't tried to pin 1/6 on us. "It wasn't MAGA. It was.... trans people!!!"
As usual, we see who are the leaders and adults in the room (Democrats). As usual, we see who the children and bullies and bigots are (Republiqans).
I'm not only tired of their single-minded obsession, I'm frightened by it.
Marthe48
(16,927 posts)Or blacks. Or Muslims. Or Latinos. Not enough haters out there to make a majority. I hope that this latest hate binge blows up in their faces, too. Be careful of yourself.
IngridsLittleAngel
(1,962 posts)And it's feeling right now like they're really made this Year of Hate stick. They haven't been so successful in getting so many people riled up and hate-filled since it was going after Muslims in the early 2000's. That too resulted in plenty of violence - here and abroad.
I do hope this hate binge blows up in their faces too - not only leaving them looking like monsters, but costing them elections.
I do all I can to be careful. I hope all LGBTQ's are doing so as well.
sakabatou
(42,146 posts)Marthe48
(16,927 posts)Isn't that just so r? F**k marshall, too.
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)a supposed baby doctor
actually he is a fuckwhit and no one here that is sane likes him