Mon Nov 8, 2021 – 10:06 pm EST
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – Congress passed Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure package, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) or Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework (BIF), sending the pro-LGBT spending bill to Biden’s desk with key support from Republican lawmakers last week.
The House of Representatives narrowly approved the bill in a 228-206 vote Friday after a months-long delay due to infighting among Democrats. Biden is expected to sign the IIJA as early as next week.
Conservative lawmakers have slammed the so-called infrastructure bill for earmarking hundreds of billions of dollars for left-wing climate projects, including billions for electric school buses, as well as for “woke” additions, like “gender identity” language and race-based funding programs.
Now gender identity is infrastructure. Can’t wait to see what else is in this bill pic.twitter.com/OxDzIED2K3
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) August 2, 2021
The bipartisan infrastructure proposal floating around the Senate is essentially a Green New Deal Lite.
Check out the latest #RSC memo from Chairman @RepJimBanks explaining the top 10 reasons to vote no: pic.twitter.com/BgdtCI2Pp0
— RSC (@RepublicanStudy) August 2, 2021
One section of the bill declares “gender identity” and “sexual orientation”
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