Post by libby on Jan 28, 2016 23:20:13 GMT -6
U.S. Senate Democrats on Thursday proposed up to $400 million in emergency federal aid to Flint, Mich., half of what the state’s Republican governor says it will cost to replace and fix the city’s lead-contaminated pipes.
Senate Republicans were noncommittal on whether they would back the measure that would spend money without any offsetting budget cuts and add to the deficit.
The Senate could vote as early as next week on the proposal, a move with political implications as Democrats insist that Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and other state officials ignored a dire problem in the majority black city of 100,000 north of Detroit.
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said “there’s no doubt” in her mind that if the water problem had occurred in a wealthy, white community, the state would have responded immediately.
Read more: www.ohio.com/news/break-news/senate-dems-pitch-400-million-fix-for-lead-pipes-in-flint-1.658021
Senate Republicans were noncommittal on whether they would back the measure that would spend money without any offsetting budget cuts and add to the deficit.
The Senate could vote as early as next week on the proposal, a move with political implications as Democrats insist that Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and other state officials ignored a dire problem in the majority black city of 100,000 north of Detroit.
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said “there’s no doubt” in her mind that if the water problem had occurred in a wealthy, white community, the state would have responded immediately.
Read more: www.ohio.com/news/break-news/senate-dems-pitch-400-million-fix-for-lead-pipes-in-flint-1.658021