House Republicans are looking to include an array of conservative policy riders in the bill that funds the Justice Department, with provisions on red-meat topics like abortion, firearms policy and diversity efforts.
Their version of the 2025 Commerce-Justice-Science spending bill, scheduled for House Appropriations Committee markup on Tuesday, would handcuff the Justice Department from suing states over laws that limit abortion, curtail the department’s ability to challenge redistricting plans in court, and block it from bringing lawsuits against local or state governments over laws that limit “transgender medical procedures.”
Many of the riders face an uphill battle to become law, with Democrats controlling the Senate and the White House.
