Low life scum (House Republicans) screw up Zika funding bill with poison pills

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The following day, Congress skipped town for a seven-week recess. The federal government was left without resources to fund emergency preparations for Zika, which include critical vaccine development, mosquito control efforts and other research related to containment and prevention. “This is no way to fight epidemics,” CDC director Tom Frieden lamented at the Senate hearing. It has become an all-too-familiar routine: political wrangling over must-pass legislation, at the expense of the public. On Thursday, a Republican-sponsored bill that would have allocated $1.1bn in Zika funding fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance in the Senate, amid objections from Democrats, who decried the inclusion of several contentious riders. Just two months previously, the Senate had overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan compromise that appropriated $1.1bn without any significant caveats. Barack Obama was prepared to sign it, despite having requested $1.9bn in February. House Republicans, however, attached provisions to the bill that imposed restrictions on abortion, overturned clean water regulations, defunded parts of the president’s healthcare law, and sought to undo a ban on flying the Confederate flag at federal cemeteries.

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They are total scum. They must have known that these poison pills would result in the bill not passing, unless they are way stupider than I thought (and I think they are extremely stupid). So why did they do it? I'm guessing because they care way more about "fighting" the President than they do about serving the American people.

And no, Senate Democrats are not equally to blame for blocking the House GOP scum. First of all, what the **** does funding for Zika have to do with abortion, clean water rules, Obamacare, and Confederate flags at federal cemeteries? Second, Democrats have little choice but to rebuke these ridiculous tactics by Republicans. Giving in will only encourage them to do it more in the future.

To the people who might be inclined to defend the GOP trash, what would you say if the Democrats controlled the House and put poison pills in the bill? Say they put riders on gun control, expanding Obamacare, expanding abortion rights, ect knowing full well that Senate Republicans would never agree. Who would be responsible for the bill failing? I say it would unquestionably be the Democrats, even though I would agree with the policy changes.

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