Speaker Johnson using ban on LGBTQ Pride flags to sell critical funding bill

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson's $1 trillion bill, which must pass the House and Senate and be signed into law before 12:01 AM Saturday, includes several provisions Democrats oppose but have little choice to try to remove if they want to avoid a partial shutdown of the federal government. Among them, a ban on flying LGBTQ+ pride flags at U.S. embassies. According to The Daily Beast, Johnson “had boasted of the provision in recent days as he's tried to sell the $1 trillion deal to some of his skeptical colleagues.” Bloomberg News reported Johnson “touted as a conservative win a provision he sa…

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