In January, McCarthy narrowly secured his bid for the speakership after an unprecedented 15 votes from his caucus
āIn a clear indication moderates are completely controlled by the extreme fringe, they're passing blatantly homophobic legislation"
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, for example, warned: āThere is no good time for a governmentĀ shutdown"
"Rep. Boebert, just spent 5 minutes misgendering & attacking our Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readinessājust because she's trans"
āOnce the money stops flowing, they will almost all instantly change their policies and start protecting queer studentsā
The GOP conference's most conservative members obstructed votes & have led an open rebellion against House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
The administration said its aim is to implement and expand the provisions of last year's Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
Speaker McCarthy: āFrustrating in the sense that I donāt understand why anybody votes against bringing the idea and having the debate"
She will be the first Chinese-American woman to serve. Lin previously fought for marriage equality as a lawyer in private practice
This follows a lawsuit filed last month by LGBTQ veterans against the Pentagon for allegedly failing to remedy āongoing discriminationā
