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House Passes Bill to Codify Gulf of America Name Change

The bill will now go to the Senate but is unlikely to overcome the 60-vote filibuster threshold.
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House Passes Bill to Codify Gulf of America Name Change
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Jackson Richman
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The House passed a bill on May 8 to rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” and thereby codify into law a presidential action signed by President Donald Trump that changed the name of the body of water.

The Gulf of America Act passed, 211–206. All Democrats and one Republican voted against it.

Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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