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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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[–] [email protected] 68 points 8 months ago (3 children)

The fact that things like this can be attached to spending bills is insane.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Straight up

It's a budget, it should only include budget related things

[–] RedditWanderer 19 points 8 months ago

But the republicans know nothing about politics, only blackmail and abuses of power

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

That's because the headline is slightly misleading. Technically the bill says US government funds can't be used to buy pride flag to fly above state department facilities. Theoretically there wouldn't be anything to stop someone from buying it with out of pocket money and flying it, or use flags they've already purchased. Still ridiculous though, I know.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 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.