Democrats’ Dishonesty on Zika Bill

She echoed charges fellow Republican, Sen.

Congress’ Republican leaders are facing decisions on averting a federal shutdown, containing the Zika virus and impeaching the head of the IRS. “Deal with it. Give us an up-or-down vote straight on Zika”, Biden said.

APPHOTO WX210: In this May 24, 2016 photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. faces reporters at Republican National Committee headquarters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Marco Rubio (R) and Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Jupiter), had called for their colleagues to return from recess early to go back to working on getting the bill passed, though Congress would remain in recess for its full duration.

While Republicans accuse Democrats of looking for excuses to block the bill, they did not dispute that some of the stipulations they added favored Republican policies and points of view. “I think trying to find some path forward in a year-end appropriations bill would make sense”. “The people of America are depending on you”. It marked the third time the Senate voted on – and rejected – the measure.

Senate Democrats on Tuesday filibustered a $1.1 billion Zika-related spending bill, resuming a hard-line stance aimed at forcing GOP leaders to drop a provision they say targets Planned Parenthood. There is an internal debate to pass only a measure that would only fund the government for a short period of time and therefore require Congress to re-examine the budget after the November election.

“It seems that the Senate Democrats want a political issue, not a solution”, Grassley said.

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi told reporters that Democrats want Zika funding added to stop-gap legislation that Congress must pass by October 1 to keep federal agencies operating. But he did not specify his preference for how to resolve the Zika stalemate.

House Republicans are meeting Friday and say they believe they can get this funding through by the end of the month. “If the funding isn’t available now to prevent Zika infections, then six to nine months from now, we’re going to be seeing babies being born with severe brain damage”, said Dr. Besser.

Republicans quickly framed Democrats as obstructionists. “We’ve seen this before – it’s deja vu all over again”. “A lot of the healthcare especially that women get is from Planned Parenthood”, he said. There were additional calls Wednesday for action on both sides of the aisle. But he anxious that the House will lose any leverage with the Senate if the internal GOP split stalls action. “I’d rather be doing the jamming than being jammed myself”.