Cenk Uygur
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Republicans To Democrats: Give Us What We Want Or Flint Stays Poisoned
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8:21Now PlayingRepublicans in congress are using the poisoned people of Flint, MI as bargaining chips in negotiations with Democrats. Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"House leaders have struck a deal on aid for the lead-tainted water system in Flint, Mich., potentially clearing a major hurdle as Congress tries to avert a government shutdown just days before the Friday deadline.
The agreement, released late Tuesday night, would authorize $170 million in spending to communities where the president has declared a state of emergency due to contaminants like lead.
The money would be included in an amendment to legislation to fund water infrastructure projects, which the House is expected to pass Wednesday. A version of that bill, which approved more than $200 million for Flint,passed the Senate earlier this month.
Speaker Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin said Wednesday that the legislation, the Water Resources Development Act, was the appropriate place to address the crisis in Flint. In an appearance at the Economic Club of Washington, he said the agreement should clear the way for a stopgap spending bill, and played down concerns that much of the government would shut down on Saturday.
“We should be able to move this through, I believe, by Friday,” Mr. Ryan said.
Aid for the city of about 100,000 people northwest of Detroit became the main point of contention in recent days in discussions over a short-term spending agreement to fund the federal government through Dec. 9, a separate negotiation that would prevent a shutdown.”*
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