The U.S. House of Representatives has thrown its support behind President Donald Trump’s name change for the Gulf of America.
On Thursday morning, House lawmakers voted 211-206 to make the name change permanent.
As expected, no Democrats voted for the bill.
Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) was the only Republican to vote against the bill.
The legislation was led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), a vocal ally of Trump’s in Congress.
During a debate on the bill, Greene said:
“This is such an important thing to do for the American people.
“The American people deserve pride in their country, and they deserve pride in the waters that we own, that we protect with our military and our Coast Guard, and all of the businesses that prosper along these waters.
“But Democrats today are outraged.
“They’re outraged because they love the cartels more than any other people in the world, more than the American people.”
Meanwhile, Democrats slammed the legislation as a waste of time.
“Republicans think this juvenile legislation is the best use of this House’s time,” Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said in his rebuttal to Greene.
“This is the only work we’re doing today, folks.
“What a sick joke this is.
“Republicans worry about 400-year-old words on a map.
“I worry about families and every community in America that’s struggling to get by.”
The vast majority of Republicans supported the bill.
Several argue that the name change would help boost tourism and a sense of patriotism in the region.
Greene hit back at the detractors, however.
“Some of my Republican colleagues don’t want to vote for my Gulf of America Act, which is one of President Trump’s favorite executive orders,” she wrote on X.
“They say they would rather vote on ‘more serious EOs.’
“Boys, are you ready to vote to criminalize sex changes on kids??
“Because I have that bill on that EO too.”
The legislation will now be sent to the Senate, where it must reach a 60-vote threshold, with Democrat support, before it can hit the president’s desk.
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