Flood insurance bill snag: Abortion - POLITICO.com
How is it possible Congress is so broken and misdirected?
With floods ravaging parts of the Southeast, it's seen fit to try to shoehorn in anti-abortion amendments so we can pass flood insurance?
This is glaringly broken. Let's please demand that only relevant matters are considered in these cases. Political gamesmanship should just be out the question when basic functions of our government - such as helping us fiscally in the cases of floods - might be held up due to 'playing politics.' This is upsetting and nearly infuriating to learn about. Shame on Senator Paul, and the GOP for this asinine distraction and waste of everyone's time.
"That’s at least according to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who said Tuesday that a Republican senator is insisting on a vote on an amendment defining “when life begins.” Reid didn’t name the senator, but it was Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) who had offered the amendment.
“I think some of this stuff is just – I have been very patient working with my Republican colleagues in allowing relevant amendments on issues, and sometimes we even do non-relevant amendments,” Reid said. “But really, on flood insurance?”
“After all the work that’s been put on this bill, this is ridiculous that somebody says ‘I’m not going to let this bill go forward unless I have a vote on when life begins,’” Reid continued. “I am not going to do that, and I think I speak for the majority of senators.”"
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