Lump everything into a Supreme Court hearing and tie up the funding for Louisiana flooding FOREVER! The City of Flint can join the lawsuit and bring it all under scrutiny.
September 21, 2016
By Kelsey Snell
Democrats believe (click here) they have finally found the leverage they need to force Republicans to approve funding to address the water crisis in Flint, Mich.: historic flooding in Louisiana.
September 21, 2016
By Kelsey Snell
Democrats believe (click here) they have finally found the leverage they need to force Republicans to approve funding to address the water crisis in Flint, Mich.: historic flooding in Louisiana.
Democrats are pushing for a Senate-passed aid package for Flint to be linked to flood relief funds in a stop-gap spending bill that would prevent a government shutdown at the end of the month. Republicans say they want to give the House more time to consider passing funding for Flint, but Democrats have refused to sign off on the spending bill until the issue is resolved.
“We have been trying to fund Flint for I think it’s eight months now,” Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told reporters Tuesday. “People in Flint are still drinking water out of bottles. They still have children who are sick with lead poisoning. And the Republicans have refused to do anything.”
Flint aid has emerged as one of the final sticking points as negotiators continue to bicker over the remaining details of the stop-gap spending bill, which would keep the government funded through Dec. 9 and also provide more than $1 billion to combat the Zika virus. Party leaders also continue to clash over whether the United States should give up control of a non-profit that governs the internet domain system and make it easier for the Export-Import Bank to approve more deals. But the stand-off over aid for Flint is proving to be among the hardest issues to resolve....
Put a Democrat into office and receive justice in the way of actual help. Sometimes voting your best self-interest means looking to the Democratic Party for REAL and SUSTAINABLE change.
This is not a joke or a campaign issue so much as one of survival and justice. We live in a country that is suppose to solve problems through a democratic process. Lately, that democratic process is stalled for everything from Flint Clean Water to Supreme Court Nominees. When are the American people going to wake up to a day when the work of the government actually gets done?
Every pipe in Flint needs to be replaced. Let me state that again.
Every pipe in Flint, Michigan needs to be replaced. Why? Because of Governor Snyder. There is no other reason. Before he turned the Flint River into a drinking water source there were no problems with the pipes in Flint, Michigan. EVERY PIPE including those in homes. EVERY PIPE.
I don't want this happening to me or my family. I don't want government to find purpose in denying judicial review of a lawsuit filed by a mayor responsible for lives in her town and I don't want a Congress that doesn't know it's job! It is time to realize the Democrats get the job done while Republicans deny they have a job to do.
September 22, 2016
By Editorial Staff of the Detroit News
All that stands between Flint (click here) and the federal funds it needs to push ahead the rebuilding of its tainted water system is approval by the House of an aid bill that has already sailed through the Senate. That chamber should move the package quickly, and help Flint put its water crisis in the past.
The legislation would send $100 million to Flint for its water infrastructure. While that’s not enough money to fully replace all of the city’s water lines, it would certainly help remove those most responsible for leeching lead into the water supply and complete other needed upgrades of the system.
The key piece of the package, negotiated by Michigan’s Democratic Sens. Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow, provides an additional $100 million to the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund.
As written, the money is only available to communities that have received a federal emergency declaration from the president due to high levels of lead in their water supply. Currently, only Flint meets that requirement....
Put a Democrat into office and receive justice in the way of actual help. Sometimes voting your best self-interest means looking to the Democratic Party for REAL and SUSTAINABLE change.
This is not a joke or a campaign issue so much as one of survival and justice. We live in a country that is suppose to solve problems through a democratic process. Lately, that democratic process is stalled for everything from Flint Clean Water to Supreme Court Nominees. When are the American people going to wake up to a day when the work of the government actually gets done?
Every pipe in Flint needs to be replaced. Let me state that again.
Every pipe in Flint, Michigan needs to be replaced. Why? Because of Governor Snyder. There is no other reason. Before he turned the Flint River into a drinking water source there were no problems with the pipes in Flint, Michigan. EVERY PIPE including those in homes. EVERY PIPE.
I don't want this happening to me or my family. I don't want government to find purpose in denying judicial review of a lawsuit filed by a mayor responsible for lives in her town and I don't want a Congress that doesn't know it's job! It is time to realize the Democrats get the job done while Republicans deny they have a job to do.
September 22, 2016
By Editorial Staff of the Detroit News
All that stands between Flint (click here) and the federal funds it needs to push ahead the rebuilding of its tainted water system is approval by the House of an aid bill that has already sailed through the Senate. That chamber should move the package quickly, and help Flint put its water crisis in the past.
The legislation would send $100 million to Flint for its water infrastructure. While that’s not enough money to fully replace all of the city’s water lines, it would certainly help remove those most responsible for leeching lead into the water supply and complete other needed upgrades of the system.
The key piece of the package, negotiated by Michigan’s Democratic Sens. Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow, provides an additional $100 million to the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund.
As written, the money is only available to communities that have received a federal emergency declaration from the president due to high levels of lead in their water supply. Currently, only Flint meets that requirement....
