{"id":79496,"date":"2023-07-24T16:40:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T16:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/07\/24\/biden-threatens-va-budget-bill-veto-over-limits-on-abortion-lgbt-care\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:41:06","slug":"biden-threatens-va-budget-bill-veto-over-limits-on-abortion-lgbt-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/veterans\/2023\/07\/24\/biden-threatens-va-budget-bill-veto-over-limits-on-abortion-lgbt-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden threatens VA budget bill veto over limits on abortion, LGBT care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2023\/06\/09\/biden-looks-to-boost-military-spouse-employment-with-new-order\/\" target=\"_blank\">White House officials<\/a> on Monday threatened to veto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2023\/01\/10\/republicans-name-chairmen-for-armed-services-vet-affairs-committees\/\" target=\"_blank\">House Republicans\u2019<\/a> plan for funding the Veterans Affairs programs next fiscal year, saying the appropriations outline as written contains too many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2023\/06\/13\/gop-budget-bill-would-ban-abortions-transgender-services-at-va\/\" target=\"_blank\">partisan attacks on controversial social issues.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2023\/05\/30\/veterans-program-funding-ends-up-a-winner-in-debt-limit-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\">$320 billion spending plan<\/a> expected to be voted on this week by House lawmakers roughly matches funding levels requested by President Joe Biden in his federal budget proposal released last spring. But administration officials said amendments added onto the plan by GOP lawmakers on the House Appropriations have made the proposal unacceptable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe draft bill includes numerous new, partisan policy provisions with devastating consequences including harming access to reproductive healthcare, threatening the health and safety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex Americans, endangering marriage equality, hindering critical climate change initiatives, and preventing the Administration from promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion,\u201d they said in a statement opposing the bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf the president were presented with [the bill], he would veto it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/veterans\/2023\/06\/13\/gop-budget-bill-would-ban-abortions-transgender-services-at-va\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635850891678119508-ap-772059955918jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">GOP budget bill would ban abortions, transgender services at VA<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The $320 billion spending plan includes numerous provisions Democrats decried as political attacks on veterans.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Veterans Affairs budget is typically less controversial than most appropriations fights on Capitol Hill, with lawmakers providing significant annual increases in department spending since 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plan for fiscal 2024 includes a 6% boost over last year\u2019s funding levels for the department, a mark hailed by members of both parties as keeping up with the increased needs of the country\u2019s veteran population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Democratic lawmakers opposed the measure as it was advanced last month by the House Appropriations Committee because of the additional amendments on social issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under language outlined in the plan, VA\u2019s rules regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2022\/09\/02\/va-to-provide-abortions-in-cases-of-rape-danger-to-womans-life\/\" target=\"_blank\">expanded abortion access for veterans and eligible family members<\/a> would be repealed, and the department would be allowed to provide those services only in cases of rape, incest and imminent danger to the life of the patient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill would also eliminate a wide range of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2023\/03\/30\/transgender-vets-call-for-more-protections-from-congress-va\/\" target=\"_blank\">health care services for transgender veterans,<\/a> including hormone therapies. And it would bar VA officials from flying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2023\/06\/07\/pride-flags-at-va-campuses-irk-republican-lawmakers\/\" target=\"_blank\">LGBT pride flags<\/a> at any department facility, punishing staffers who refuse to recognize same-sex marriages, or conducting diversity training programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republican lawmakers have said the moves are needed to depoliticize the department after radical moves by the administration in recent years. White House officials accused them of \u201cwasting time with partisan bills.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Given the Republicans\u2019 slim majority in the House, the budget bill is expected to pass later this week even after the president\u2019s veto threat. 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