Biden set to ban pride flags being flown outside American embassies as part of talks with Republicans over $1trillion spending deal
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13220339/pride-flags-embassies-congress-spending-deal.htmlTucked into a soon-to-be-released deal to fund the government is a provision that would stipulate only U.S. flags can be flown over American embassies.
Embassies sometimes fly flags like the rainbow LGBTQ+ flag to celebrate Pride Month or other occasions. The spending deal will ban this practice and any other flags from being flown overhead, a source familiar told
DailyMail.com.
House Republicans and Senate Democrats have been hashing out the deal to fund six agencies of government behind closed doors ahead of a Friday deadline for a partial government shutdown.
The text of the $1 trillion deal has still not been made public, with the clock ticking to give lawmakers any time to read the bill and vote on it before Friday at 11:59 p.m.
It's expected to pass both chambers, despite opposition from the rightward flank, and President Joe Biden is expected to sign it into law.
The deal will provide money for the Departments of Defense, Financial Services, Homeland Security, Labor-HHS-Education, State-Foreign Operations and the Legislative Branch.
The bill is also expected to include 12,000 new special immigrant visas for Afghan allies and a one-year extension of international HIV/AIDS prevention efforts. Republicans, meanwhile, are expected to tout funding for additional migrant detention beds.
One flashpoint to watch in the deal is funding for United Nations program that provides relief to Palestinian refugees. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNWRA) has for decades provided healthcare, food, infrastructure and education in Gaza.
