The Republican-Controlled U.S. House of Representatives Passes Major Bill 216-211

The House didn’t just vote. It drew a line in blood. In a razor-thin 216–211 cliffhanger, lawmakers approved a measure that threatens to transform doctors into federal criminals and parents into potential legal targets—all under the banner of “protecting children.” The margin was so narrow that every single vote carried the weight of a decisive, almost symbolic strike in what is rapidly emerging as one of the nation’s most polarizing culture battles. Careers were leveraged, alliances strained or shattered, and at least one departing firebrand may have just lit the fuse for the next major national confrontation over medical ethics, parental rights, and the scope of government authority.