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House GOP Adds Dozens More Poison Pills to Spending Bill (www.commondreams.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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House Republicans have added over 290 "poison pill" riders to the federal budget bill that would restrict government spending. These riders would roll back progress on issues like LGBTQ+ rights, immigration, and environmental protections. The new riders include blocking same-sex marriage equality funding, banning LGBTQ+ flags from federal buildings, restricting visas for foreign farmworkers, and limiting the EPA's ability to regulate pollution. Advocacy groups are calling on lawmakers to remove all the riders from the budget bill and pass legislation without the controversial restrictions. The riders would damage agencies' ability to do critical work and reverse gains in environmental justice, according to critics.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What is a poison pill and a rider in the context of a spending bill?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Adding phrases to become law which have nothing to do with the scope and intention of the overall bill, and are generally wild additions that have no hope of passing on their own.

Sometimes they’re added to intentionally bog down a bill so it won’t pass. The riders are used as a sort of narcissistic bargaining chip in political “negotiation”.