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BumRushDaShow

(166,060 posts)
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 08:14 PM Tuesday

Despite huge bipartisan support, Smithsonian women's history museum remains stalled

Source: NBC News

Jan. 13, 2026, 3:15 PM EST / Updated Jan. 13, 2026, 3:30 PM EST


WASHINGTON — In 2020, Congress greenlit a bipartisan plan to build a women’s history museum in the nation’s capital — an effort that has drawn widespread bipartisan support and raised tens of millions of dollars.

But over five years later, the initiative is still stalled on Capitol Hill, frustrating and confusing supporters in both parties while sparking a blame game inside the GOP.

The Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act, which was introduced last February, would secure a site for the museum by authorizing a plot of land on the National Mall to be transferred to the Smithsonian Institution. This is seen as the final legislative step in a decadelong process to create a national Smithsonian museum dedicated to women’s history.

The land transfer bill itself would not cost any money, and the project has raised $70 million in private donations to help with construction, which would be eligible for matching federal funds, according to the bill’s chief sponsor in the House, GOP Rep. Nicole Malliotakis of New York.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/huge-bipartisan-support-smithsonian-womens-history-museum-remains-stal-rcna252436



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Despite huge bipartisan support, Smithsonian women's history museum remains stalled (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Tuesday OP
Sexism is a powerful force with the mouth.... Botany Tuesday #1
I hope the money is out of the reach of the 🍊🐖💩 pedo president kimbutgar Tuesday #2
Where you at transphobes? SouthBayDem Tuesday #3

Botany

(76,452 posts)
1. Sexism is a powerful force with the mouth....
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 08:31 PM
Tuesday

.... breathing Christo Fascists as is the idea
that real Americans are white and straight but @ the end of the day despite all their attempts America is becoming more female powered, darker, gayer, and more diverse everyday. A bunch of former old school grocery stores in Columbus, Oh are
changing to Hispanic, Asian, and African. In and around lots of Polish, Ukrainian, and
eastern European too.

kimbutgar

(26,884 posts)
2. I hope the money is out of the reach of the 🍊🐖💩 pedo president
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 08:54 PM
Tuesday

And is spent when his reign of terror is over!

SouthBayDem

(33,147 posts)
3. Where you at transphobes?
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 11:48 PM
Tuesday

For all that talk about “transgender women erase real women” I never hear complaints about restricting women’s history, or research into women’s health, over bullshit “DEI” accusations.

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