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A senior GOP aide said Mast is blocking $1.3 billion in spending, which the aide described as part of a “radical social agenda and failed policies.”

House GOP blocks spending on LBGTQ programs and gender transition surgeries

There’s a whole new tone in the GOP-dominated Washington, especially on controversial social issues.

Brand-new House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Brian Mast (R-Fla.) announced today that he was invoking his authority as the panel’s chair to block hundreds of millions of dollars worth of State Department spending initiatives as the Biden administration comes to an end. One GOP source said Biden officials “are just shoveling money out the door.”

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