This new bill, signed into law by President Joe Biden, includes a provision that limits access to gender-affirming care services for the children of people serving in the military.

This new bill, signed into law by President Joe Biden, includes a provision that limits access to gender-affirming care services for the children of people serving in the military.

  • Miles O'Brien@startrek.websiteEnglish
    101·
    3 months ago

    Sure would be nice if every single citizen of the united states gets to personally bitch slap every member of congress, presidential cabinet, vp, pres, etc… When a completely unrelated thing gets shoved into a bill.

    There is 0 reason an (hypothetical) infrastructure bill for new sprinklers in hospitals needs to include a provision that Wisconsin dairy farms get a new milking machine. Those two things have nothing to do with each other. So why are they in the same bill.

    If you want it to be a bill, put it in its own separate proposal.

    • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      If you want it to be a bill, put it in its own separate proposal.

      The reason multiple topics are included in one bill is that, otherwise, nothing will ever get done.

      The problem we need to fix is term limits and age limits for congress, not forcing each topic to be on different bills.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      53·
      3 months ago

      If you want it to be a bill, put it in its own separate proposal.

      As though Democrats wouldn’t gleefully vote for that too.

      • Miles O'Brien@startrek.websiteEnglish
        7·
        3 months ago

        Yes, but now they can’t say they didn’t know it was in there.

        And they can’t say “I voted for it because the rest of the bill does good for _____”

        So it would help prevent them from keeping their mask on

    • deranger@sh.itjust.works
      53·
      3 months ago

      It’s not completely unrelated, it’s regarding gender affirming care for those who have TRICARE, ie the military insurance.