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8 May 2025
US lawmakers voted Thursday to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America," turning into federal law an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in his first week in office.
The bill's passage in the Republican-led House of Representatives is largely symbolic as other countries are under no obligation to use Trump's new designation and the measure is unlikely to pass the Senate, where it requires Democratic votes.
Upon taking office, Trump signed executive orders changing the name of the body of water and also reverting the name of Denali, America's highest peak, to its former moniker Mt. McKinley.
The House bill directs federal agencies to update their documents and maps to reflect the name change.
"Codifying the rightful renaming of the Gulf of America isn't just a priority for me and President Trump. It's a priority for the American people," said far right Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who authored the bill.
Republican moderate Don Bacon told CNN however the move "seems juvenile."
"We're the United States of America. We're not Kaiser Wilhelm's Germany or Napoleon's France... we're better than this. It just sounds like a sophomore thing to do," he said.
The name change would cost the federal government less(?) than $500,000 over five years to update documents and maps, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
But schools, libraries and other public organizations would bear the costs of updating their materials, and Democrats have called the effort a waste of money.
"This bill does nothing to materially improve the lives of United States citizens --
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8 May 2025
US lawmakers voted Thursday to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America," turning into federal law an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in his first week in office.
The bill's passage in the Republican-led House of Representatives is largely symbolic as other countries are under no obligation to use Trump's new designation and the measure is unlikely to pass the Senate, where it requires Democratic votes.
Upon taking office, Trump signed executive orders changing the name of the body of water and also reverting the name of Denali, America's highest peak, to its former moniker Mt. McKinley.
The House bill directs federal agencies to update their documents and maps to reflect the name change.
"Codifying the rightful renaming of the Gulf of America isn't just a priority for me and President Trump. It's a priority for the American people," said far right Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who authored the bill.
Republican moderate Don Bacon told CNN however the move "seems juvenile."
"We're the United States of America. We're not Kaiser Wilhelm's Germany or Napoleon's France... we're better than this. It just sounds like a sophomore thing to do," he said.
The name change would cost the federal government less(?) than $500,000 over five years to update documents and maps, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
But schools, libraries and other public organizations would bear the costs of updating their materials, and Democrats have called the effort a waste of money.
"This bill does nothing to materially improve the lives of United States citizens --
US lawmakers back Trump's 'Gulf of America' name change
US lawmakers voted Thursday to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the
