Category: Hyde Amendment

Biden Criticizes Sen. Tuberville for Military Nominations Delay—GOP Senator Hits Back at President For Refusing to Talk

President Joe Biden ridiculed Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) on Thursday for slowing the process to handle military promotions and nominations, but the Alabama senator said the Democratic president has shown no effort to negotiate through their differences. In December, Mr. Tuberville announced he would stop the Senate from approving large batches of military nominations after…


Biden’s Proposed Budget Lifts Ban on Federal Funding of Abortions

President Joe Biden’s $6 trillion budget proposal for 2022 notably excludes the Hyde Amendment, a law that has for decades blocked federal funding for abortions under Medicaid, unless the unwanted pregnancy endangers the mother’s life or was the result of incest or rape. Before the Hyde Amendment took effect in 1980, an estimated 300,000 abortions…


Hyde Amendment, Yes. Shalanda Young, No.

Commentary The Office of Management and Budget is the largest office in the executive branch of the federal government. First and foremost, the OMB prepares the federal budget proposal that the president sends up to Congress. Given we’re talking about the allocation of spending for almost $5 trillion of taxpayer funds, this is no small…


200 House Republicans Sign Letter in Support of Hyde Amendment

Two-hundred House Republicans signed a letter Tuesday to protect the Hyde Amendment, a decades-old policy restricting Medicaid funding for abortions. Enacted in 1976, three years after the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, the Hyde Amendment blocks federal funds from being used to pay for abortions, except in cases of rape, incest, or…