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US Republicans pass defence bill with anti-abortion, LGBT add-ons

www.aljazeera.com US Republicans pass defence bill with anti-abortion, LGBT add-ons

Democrats say legislation, which is all but assured to fail in the US Senate, is ‘an ode to bigotry and ignorance’.

US Republicans pass defence bill with anti-abortion, LGBT add-ons

Republicans in the United States House of Representatives have passed an annual defence funding bill that highlights the party’s conservative priorities – and sticking points – in advance of the 2024 election season.

Democrats have decried the bill approved on Friday, which included anti-LGBTQ, anti-diversity and anti-abortion rights provisions. It passed by a 219 to 210 largely party-line vote in the majority Republican chamber. Four Democrats voted in support of the bill.

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