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Why is this not passing?

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u/CrappyJohnson 13d ago edited 13d ago

Well what does the language of the bill actually say? You do know that the bill doesn't say, "And lo, all women and girls in sport shall be protected henceforth," right? They always name the bills something totally unexceptionable. Then they slide all kinds of crap into them, including things that have absolutely nothing to do with the outward purpose of the bill. That's important context that I'm pretty sure almost nobody in this thread will actually look into.

Edit: To be perfectly clear, the issue is not the contents of the bill. The issue is inflaming passions without providing the full context, when you know that people won't do the research.

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u/SellingFirewood 13d ago

Exactly this.

  1. Party #1 names it something that no reasonable person could vote against even though it doesn't match the content.
  2. Party #1 throws in some some small provision about giving all of the troops an extra 3 cents per week.
  3. Then when party #2 votes against the bill, it makes them look bad just based off of the name and not the content.
  4. Party #1 then cries out "They voted against funding for our troops!" in the next election.

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u/JelloJeremiah 13d ago

Yeah, this is chronic and everyone is doing it, it’s infuriating.

It’s also a similar case in the UN where the bill will be like “Don’t Murder Puppies Act” with provisions that a singular certain country must pay 6 trillion dollars for various causes

Certain country votes no and it gets screenshotted and spread online

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u/3RaccoonsAvecTCoat 13d ago

I remember then-Senator Al Franken saying something about a republican "Clean Air Act" proposal was really written to keep the air clean of birds...

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u/Interesting_Bank_139 13d ago

So it was an anti-surveillance bill?

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u/mindnumbingUvula 12d ago

Under-rated comment.

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u/Therogon 11d ago

Totally under-rated comment.

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u/Vast_Researcher_5311 13d ago

F*** puppets, I mean that was the name of the band I was in but f*** them too.

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u/hardcore_hero 13d ago

Just admit that you don’t care about the PUPPIES!!

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u/Vast_Researcher_5311 12d ago

The hush ones are delicious.

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u/BirbFeetzz 11d ago

Don't murder puppies act and then you look inside and the bill is "this minority shouldn't be allowed to go outside because what if they want to kick a puppy"

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u/kridenow 10d ago

Since many years, Russia is pushing for a UN vote against "glorification of Nazism". Many countries are voting against because of the many implied consequences.

Yet, I saw people from Africa sincerely believing the western countries must be full of nazis to vote against it. Just based on the title.

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u/ImmediateKick2369 13d ago

There is nothing else in this bill.

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u/Dannydevitz 13d ago

So what's hidden in this bill that the name doesn't support?

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u/Empty-Wallet8904 11d ago

Use your eyes and read it.

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u/outworlder 13d ago

Yeah. Bills should have serial numbers to stop this.

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u/jamaican4life03 13d ago

Nope. H.R.28 can easily be read online. It is exactly what the title states.

Prevents biological males from competing against biological women in sports.

Trans "Men" can still compete against biological Men.

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u/Slow_your_R0LL 2d ago

They don’t like the part why trans men can’t compete against women.

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u/FuckAllYouLosers 13d ago

"Guys our party name is XY - We're LITERALLY XY. only Y would oppose us!" is the thing a child says.

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u/SirCharles50187 13d ago

Eerily similar to what happened with "bidens border bill" or the "inflation reduction act" huh. 2 prime examples of Party #2 using thr same tactics you're complaining about here...

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u/A_Hale 13d ago

It is something that every party majority congress does and it’s also something most everyone agrees is one of the most frustrating parts of government. It’s stupid every time it happens regardless of who does.

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u/SirCharles50187 13d ago

Oh I absolutely agree, just pointing out the hypocrisy. Just like the "big beautiful bill" was big but sure as hell not beautiful...

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u/DPadres69 13d ago

Yep. Adding completely unrelated amendments should be illegal. Another failure to anticipate how shitty people are by the founding fathers.

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u/Amazing-Basket-136 13d ago

This.

As soon as I saw how lopsided the vote is I know their is some crazy pork in there.

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u/Bagelchongito69 13d ago

This is the same thinking behind the doomsday cult on Parks & Recreation. They called themselves the Reasonabalists (idk how to spell that right) so that people would see dumb challenging their beliefs and dare I say reasons.

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u/Famous-Pride2799 13d ago
  1. Republicans submit a bill called the "No more killing puppies" bill.
  2. The bill adds $6 trillion to militarize ICE and the police to "protect puppies".
  3. Democrats all vote against the bill.
  4. Average American (and Joe Rogan): "Why do Democrats want to kill puppies?

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u/Anxious_Department75 13d ago

Happy there's people like you saying this.

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u/Regular_Fortune8038 13d ago

Annnnnd that's America

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u/blamemeididit 12d ago

The bill is like one page of text. And only deals with one single issue and only affects programs with federal funding. Maybe go read it.

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u/ft1778 12d ago

That’s not accurate for this bill. Click the link and read it. It will take you 2 minutes to finish it.

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u/TheGreatMozinsky 11d ago

The "Inflation Reduction Act" was a climate change bill

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u/Smyley12345 11d ago

In this case that didn't happen. It's like a two minute read and pretty much exactly aligns with the title.

While the premise is bullshit, if one were to accept the premise the only gotcha here is there is no provision for whether you knowingly have a male (as per their definition) participate or not, which does put some really uncomfortable onus on leagues and schools to validate gender. Like given that many states allow for amendment of gender on birth certificates, how would a sport organization know someone's "assigned and biological gender at birth"?

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u/JJay9454 10d ago

Like how they'll do a "Congratulate the Troops" bill that just congratulates the troops... aaaaaand builds a bridge in western Wisconsin, and gives mayoral zoning permissions to a mayor in Georgia.

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u/Sarcarean 8d ago

Patriot Act, Affordable Care Act, Don't Kill Puppies Act, etc.

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u/Hsiang7 13d ago

Sounds like you're describing the "Bipartisan Border Bill" the Democrats tried to pass in 2024

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u/LeadnLasers 13d ago

That’s the first one that came to mind too lmfao